I wonder if sometimes the difficulty in reading Eco's works has more to do with cultural differences than just their translation into English. I loved the first half of the book immensely with its references to art and literature in Yambo's memory - the impression such works left in life's memory - the mysterious flame. But I got a little lost in the historical aspects of Fascism in Italy. Nevertheless this is an engrossing study of a mind, seen as it recalls the life, the consciousness, that these images recalled. A wonderful book that needs to be devoured slowly, savoring the writing that reverberates paradoxically in your own mind.
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