Books are not made to be believed, but to be subjected to inquiry.
William of Baskerville in Il nome della rosa (1980)
Umberto Eco is an Italian medievalist, semiotician, philosopher, literary critic and novelist. His fiction has enjoyed a wide audience around the world, with good sales and many translations. His novels often include references to arcane historical figures and texts and his dense, intricate plots tend to take dizzying turns.
Novels
-Il nome della rosa (1980; English translation:
The Name of the Rose, 1983)
-Il pendolo di Foucault (1988; English translation:
Foucault's Pendulum, 1989)
-L'isola del giorno prima (1994; English translation:
The Island of the Day Before, 1995)
-Baudolino (2000; English translation:
Baudolino, 2001)
-La misteriosa fiamma della regina Loana (2004; English translation: The
Mysterious Flame of Queen Loana, 2005)
Most recent books on philosophy (selected)
-How to Travel with a Salmon & Other Essays (1998 - Partial English translation of Il secondo diario minimo, 1994)
-Experiences in Translation (2000)
-Sulla letteratura, (2003 - English translation by Martin McLaughlin:
On Literature, 2004)
-Mouse or Rat?: Translation as negotiation (2003)
-Storia della bellezza (2004, co-edited with Girolamo de Michele - English translation:
History of Beauty/On Beauty, 2004)
-Storia della bruttezza (Bompiani, 2007 - English translation:
On Ugliness, 2007)
