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Inventing the enemy

Hardcover • 2012 • English • 1. edition

Inventing the enemy

By Umberto Eco

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About the book

"Inventing the Enemy" covers a wide range of topics on which Umberto Eco has written and lectured over the last ten years, from the discussion of ideas that have inspired his earlier novels - exploring lost islands, mythical realms, and the medieval world in the process - to a disquisition on the theme that runs through his most recent novel, "The Prague Cemetery", that every country needs an enemy, and if it doesn't have one, must invent it. Eco's lively new collection examines topics as divers...Show more

Literary essays
Society and Social Sciences

Book details

ISBN

9781846555039

Publisher

Vigmostad & Bjørke AS (VB Import)

Published year

2012

Language

English

Edition

1

Original title

Inventing the enemy

Format

Hardcover

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