5/8/2023 0 Comments Serendipities by Umberto EcoLike his other other works, Serendipities is a masterful combination of erudition and wit, bewildering anecdotes and scholarly rigor. Exploring the “Force of the False,” Eco uncovers layers of mistakes that have shaped human history, such as Columbus’s assumption that the world was much smaller than it is, leading him to seek out a quick route to the East via the West and thus fortuitously “discovering” America. In the book, Eco unlocks the riddles of history in an exploration of the “linguistics of the lunatic,” stories told by scholars, scientists, poets, fanatics, and ordinary people in order to make sense of the world. Serendipities is a careful unraveling of the fabulous and the false, a brilliant exposition of how unanticipated truths often spring from false ideas. Sélectionnez le service dans lequel vous souhaitez effectuer votre recherche. His text is thought-provoking, often outright funny, and full of surprising juxtapositions.” Lile du jour davant : ECO UMBERTO: Amazon.ca: Livres. The literary examples Eco employs range from Dante to Dumas, from Sterne to Spillane. We were fortunate enough to have the opportunity to publish Serendipities: Language and Lunacy, one of Eco’s works, which The Atlantic called “Erudite, wide-ranging, and slyly humorous…. We were very saddened to learn of the recent passing of noted linguist and novelist Umberto Eco.
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