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Satirical essays in which Eco pokes fun at the oversophisticated, the overacademic, and the overintellectual and makes penetrating comments about our modern mass culture and the elitist avant-garde. “A scintillating collection of writings” (Los Angeles Times). Translated by William Weaver. A... read more

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The present manuscript was given to me by the warden of the local jail in a small town in Piedmont.

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  1. Umberto Eco (Author)
  2. William Woys Weaver

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