Overview
Ā«AllĆ donde Eco disparaba su inteligencia se hacĆa la luz.Ā»Ā āDomingo RĆ³denas, El PeriĆ³dico de Catalunya
Ā«La obra de Umberto Eco en la que todo cabe. [...] ĀæEs posible la erudiciĆ³n divertida, seducir mediante la cita culta? [...] Una divertida y estimulante recopilaciĆ³n.Ā»Ā āMercedes Monmany, ABC
En su prĆ³logo, Umberto Eco habla de estos ensayos como Ā«textos de ocasiĆ³nĀ», es decir, escritos que nacieron de un encargo o del puro divertimento. Sin embargo, cuando quien trabaja de ese modo es un gran maestro, cada frase se convierte en un regalo para el lector. Desde la pieza que da tĆtulo a este libro āĀ«un brillantĆsimo ensayo, una verdadera y escalofriante antologĆa a travĆ©s de la Historia, de la injuria al diferente, el extranjero, el indeseableĀ», segĆŗn Mercedes Monmany (ABC)ā, Eco abordaĀ temas en apariencia tan dispares como la recepciĆ³n del Ulises de Joyce en la Italia de Mussolini y el caso WikiLeaks, y personalidades tan variopintas como Dan Brown, Barack Obama y Angela Merkel, y nos invita a reflexionar sobre el poder del silencio en una sociedad en la que el escĆ”ndalo es moneda corriente.
Una obra excepcional que constituye el mejor ejemplo de una inteligencia privilegiada puesta al servicio de esos lectores que piden a la vida algo mĆ”s que titulares de periĆ³dico.
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A SAMPLE OF THE BRILLIANT AND TIMELESS ECO
Ā«Wherever Eco fired his intelligence, there was light.Ā» āDomingo RĆ³denas, El PeriĆ³dico de Catalunya
Ā«Umberto Eco's work in which everything fits. [...] Is it possible to entertain erudition, to seduce by means of the cultured date? [...] A fun and stimulating compilation.Ā» āMercedes Monmany, ABC
In his prologue, Umberto Eco speaks of these essays as "occasion texts", that is to say, writings that were born from a commission or from pure amusement. However, when the person who works in this way is a great teacher, each sentence becomes a gift for the reader. From the piece that gives title to this book -"a brilliant essay, a true and chilling anthology through history, of the injury to the different, the foreigner, the undesirable," according to Mercedes Monmany (ABC)-Eco addresses issues seemingly as disparate as the reception of Joyce's Ulysses in Mussolini's Italy and the WikiLeaks case, and personalities as diverse as Dan Brown, Barack Obama and Angela Merkel, and invites us to reflect on the power of silence in a society in which scandal is commonplace.
An exceptional work that constitutes the best example of a privileged intelligence put at the service of those readers who ask for something more from life than just newspaper headlines.
This book title, Construir al enemigo / Building the Enemy, ISBN: 9788426410726, by Umberto Eco, published by PRH Grupo Editorial (January 4, 2022) is available in paperback. Our minimum order quantity is 25 copies. All standard bulk book orders ship FREE in the continental USA and delivered in 4-10 business days.
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