Description
| Product ID: | 9781787301450 |
| Product Form: | Hardback |
| Country of Manufacture: | IT |
| Title: | On the Shoulders of Giants |
| Authors: | Author: Umberto Eco, Alastair McEwen |
| Page Count: | 416 |
| Subjects: | The arts: general topics, The arts: general issues, Philosophy, Religion: general, Philosophy, Religion: general |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating The final collection from the internationally acclaimed and bestselling author of The Name of the Rose and The Prague Cemetery, on the subjects of art and culture. In this collection of essays we find Umberto Eco’s perennial areas of interest explored in a lively and engaging style, accompanied by beautiful reproductions of the art he discusses. In these wide-ranging pieces he explores the roots of our civilization, changing ideas of beauty, our obsession with conspiracies and the emblematic heroes of the great narrative, amongst other fascinating topics. Umberto Eco was one of the most influential, and entertaining, intellectuals of the last century, as well as being a critically acclaimed and bestselling writer of both fiction and non-fiction. The final collection from the internationally acclaimed and bestselling author of The Name of the Rose and The Prague Cemetery, on the subjects of art and culture. |
| Imprint Name: | Harvill Secker |
| Publisher Name: | Vintage Publishing |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2019-10-24 |
