Description
A collection of “impishly witty and ingeniously irreverent” (The Atlantic) how-to essays that highlight the absurdities of modern life, from the author of The Name of the Rose
How to Travel With a Salmon is a highly engaging collection of what Umberto Eco calls his diario minimo–minimal diaries–after the magazine column in which he began “pursuing the pathways of parody.” These essays are his playful but unfailingly accurate takes on militarism, computer jargon, Westerns, art criticism, librarians, bureaucrats, meals on airplanes, Amtrak trains, bad coffee, maniacal taxi drivers, express mail, multi-function watches, fax machines and cell phones, pornography, soccer fans, academia, and–last but definitely not least–the author’s own self.
“Very funny.” —The New York Review of Books
Binding Type: Paperback
Contributors: Umberto Eco,William Weaver (Translator)
Published: 09/15/1995
Publisher: Harpervia
ISBN: 9780156001250
Pages: 256
Weight: 0.55lbs
Size: 0.63″ H x 7.96″ L x 5.44″ W
About the Author
Eco, Umberto: –
Umberto Eco (1932-2016) was the author of numerous essay collections and seven novels, including The Name of the Rose, The Prague Cemetery, and Inventing the Enemy. He received Italy’s highest literary award, the Premio Strega; was named a Chevalier de la Légion d’Honneur by the French government; and was an honorary member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters.
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