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On happiness

Hardcover • 2007 • English • 1. edition

On happiness

By Umberto Eco

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About the book

This book is the follow up to the previous volume, "On Beauty". Apparently beauty and ugliness are concepts that imply each other, and by ugliness we usually mean the opposite of beauty, so all we need do is define the first to understand the nature of the second. But the various manifestations of ugliness over the centuries are richer and more unpredictable than is commonly thought. The anthological quotations and the extraordinary illustrations in this book lead us on a surprising journey amon...Show more

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Book details

ISBN

9781846551222

Publisher

Vigmostad & Bjørke AS (VB Import)

Published year

2007

Language

English

Edition

1

Original title

On happiness

Format

Hardcover

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