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The Book of Legendary Lands

Paperback • 2015 • 1. edition

The Book of Legendary Lands

By Umberto Eco

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About the book

In the tradition of On Beauty, On Ugliness and The Infinity of Lists, Umberto Eco presents an enthralling and erudite illustrated tour of the fabled places that have awed and eluded us through the ages. From the epic poems of Homer to contemporary science fiction, from the Holy Scriptures to modern mythology and fairy tale, literature and art are full of illusory places we have at some time believed are real, and onto which we have projected our dreams, ideals and fears. Umberto Eco leads us on ...Show more

Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary

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ISBN

9780857052964

Publisher

Quercus Publishing

Published year

2015

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1

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The Book of Legendary Lands

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