Umberto Eco

Kaarina Parker talks about her debut novel set in ancient Rome - Fulvia. The novel tells the tale of Fulvia, the daughter of a wealthy but inconsequential Roman family. Raised in the country, she yearns for excitement, for power. When her father dies and her inheritance is threat ...  Afficher plus

American author Rachel Kusher talks about her award-winning novel, The Mars Room. The novel follows Romy Hall, as she begins two consecutive life sentences at Stanville Women’s Correctional Facility, after killing her stalker.The story weaves between the two sides of Romy’s exist ...  Afficher plus

The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is the writer Umberto Eco. His best-selling novel The Name of the Rose propelled him from the relative obscurity of his post as Professor of Semiotics at Bologna University to worldwide fame at the age of 50.He'll be talking to Sue La ...  Afficher plus

Works by Umberto EcoThe Name of the RoseFoucault’s PendulumThe Prague CemeteryOn the Shoulders of Giants Other Related Books or MaterialsSigns and Secrets: the Worlds of Umberto Eco (2013 documentary)Always Narrating: The Making and Unmaking of Umberto Eco (link opens a 2020 Los ...  Afficher plus

في الحلقة التاسعة من هذا الموسم، نتناول معًا كتاب "اسم الوردة" للكاتب آمبيرتو إيكو، ورحلة روائية فلسفية حول الحياة والدين والكنيسة والسلطة. إذا أردت الاطلاع على المزيد، بإمكانك زيارة موقعنا الإلكتروني: www.zubbdah.com لا تنس متابعتنا على كافة مواقع التواصل الاجتماعي حتى يصلك كل ج ...  Afficher plus

This week’s episode in our series on the great essays and great essayists explores Umberto Eco’s ‘Thoughts on Wikileaks’ (2010). Eco writes about what makes a true scandal, what are real secrets, and what it would mean to expose the hidden workings of power. It is an essay that c ...  Afficher plus