How to Travel with a Salmon & Other Essays
In these ?impishly witty and ingeniously irreverent? essays (Atlantic Monthly), ?the Andy Rooney of academia? (Los Angeles Times) takes on computer jargon, librarians, bureaucrats, meals on airplanes, bad coffee, taxi drivers, 33-function watches, soccer fans, and more. Translated by William Weaver. A Helen and Kurt Wolff Book
| Autor: | Eco, Umberto |
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| ISBN: | 9780156001250 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Produktart: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| Verlag: | Hachette Book Group USA |
| Veröffentlicht: | 15.09.1995 |
| Schlagworte: | HUMOR: Form / Essays HUMOR: Topic / Travel Italienische SchriftstellerInnen; Werke (div.) LITERARY COLLECTIONS: European / Italian TRANSPORTATION: Navigation |
Umberto Eco (1932–2016) was the author of numerous essay collections and seven novels, including The Name of the Rose, The Prague Cemetery, and Inventing the Enemy. He received Italy’s highest literary award, the Premio Strega; was named a Chevalier de la Légion d’Honneur by the French government; and was an honorary member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters.