Oh good lord the first chapter was a riot. Totally. Eco tends to be a
bit sarcastic and humorously cynical about human nature. He's still
doing semiotics at the same time that he's writing a novel, but in this
one his theoretical inclinations don't override his storytelling.
_Foucault's Pendulum_ was great, but _The Island of the Day Before_
wasn't really very good at all. It had its moments. He's more back to
form in this one.
Jim
Yocum Daniel GS 21 CES/CEOE wrote:
>I read Umberto Eco's Name Of the Rose and thought it had quite a bit of
>humor, but it seems that many don't see the humor in his work. How's
>Baudolino in this respect?
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>Daniel
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> _Baudolino_ by Umberto Eco, Jim
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