Matt L. (mughi) reviewed on 10/6/2012

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Greta short essays by Eco on a variety of subjects, similar to his "Diario minimo" columns from "Il Verri" magazine, and in imitation of his earlier collection of these columns. Some of the essays are slightly out-of-date now, being 20 years old, but all are still very readable and very funny. These essays are generally parodies of life in Europe, and of observation of Americans and other non-Italians. Those who have only read "The Name of the Rose" or "Foucault's Pendulum," or who are familiar with Eco only as semiotician and writer upon medieval art and beauty will not find much here that resembles that other work, but those interested in Eco as observer and commentator will find much to entertain them.

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