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Misreadings - by Umberto Eco Paperback

Name: Misreadings - by Umberto Eco (Paperback)
Brand: Harpervia
SKU: 77014369
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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.
Author(s): Umberto Eco
192 Pages
Literary Collections, Essays

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Playful parodies by the author of The Name of the Rose and Foucault's Pendulum. Here, Eco pokes fun at the oversophisticated, overacademic, and overintellectual, and along the way makes penetrating comments about our modern mass culture and the elitist avant-garde in art in criticism.

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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 Helen and Kurt Wolff Book

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Dimensions (Overall): 7.55 Inches (H) x 4.78 Inches (W) x .68 Inches (D)

Weight: .34 Pounds

Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up

Number of Pages: 192

Genre: Literary Collections

Sub-Genre: Essays

Publisher: Harpervia

Format: Paperback

Author: Umberto Eco

Language: English

Street Date: May 7, 1993

TCIN: 77014369

UPC: 9780156607520

Item Number (DPCI): 247-24-1445

Origin: Made in the USA or Imported

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