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Baudolino - Umberto Eco
Baudolino
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Format: paperback
ISBN: 9788845247361 (8845247368)
Publisher: Bompiani
Pages no: 526
Edition language: Italian
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riley
riley rated it
3.5 For fans only, I fear
This is a fairly uproarious comic novel about the fine line between truth and fiction, that also functions as a critique of medieval logic and reasoning and as a celebration/satire of the power of myth (and faith, and belief). But I felt a nagging sense of deja vu the entire time I was reading it. B...
Moje książki
Moje książki rated it
Rewelacyjna powieść Umberto Eco! W „Baudolino” przedstawia potęgę słowa pisanego. Tytułowy bohater to chłopski syn, który dzięki sprzyjającemu losowi znajduje się blisko otoczenia Fryderyka Barbarossy. Przez fakt, że jest skrybą i pisze kronikę, a w zasadzie opowiada swoje przeżycia w trakcie łupien...
Boki's Blog
Boki's Blog rated it
4.0
Die fantastische Lebensgeschichte des Baudolino erzählt Umberto Eco - bzw. er lässt sie erzählen - aus zwei Perspektiven. Im "Hier und Jetzt" des vierten Kreuzzugs im zerstörten Konstantinopel und als unterhaltsamer Rückblick durch Baudolino selbst, gerichtet an Niketas Choniates, dem er zuvor das L...
rainontheroad
rainontheroad rated it
4.0 Baudolino
I wish that I had read this novel before I had visited Istanbul. I most certainly would have visited the remnants of the hippodrome (at the Sultan Ahmet Square), the labyrinthine cisterns with its Medusas’ heads and the other places mentioned in the novel. At least there is a lot left to see for my ...
Randolph "Dilda" Carter
Randolph "Dilda" Carter rated it
3.0 Baudolino
By far Eco's weakest novel to date.
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