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  <name><![CDATA[Umberto Eco]]></name>
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  <about><![CDATA[Umberto Eco is an Italian writer of fiction, essays, academic texts, and children's books, and certainly one of the finest authors of the twentieth century. A professor of semiotics at the University of Bologna, Eco’s brilliant fiction is known for its playful use of language and symbols, its astonishing array of allusions and references, and clever use of puzzles and narrative inventions. His perceptive essays on modern culture are filled with a delightful sense of humor and irony, and his ideas on semiotics, interpretation, and aesthetics have established his reputation as one of academia’s foremost thinkers.]]></about>    <gender>male</gender>  <hometown>Alessandria</hometown>  <born_at>01/05/1932</born_at>    
  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[The Name of the Rose: Including Postscript]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[William Weaver]]></name>
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  <published>1980</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[Foucault's Pendulum]]></title>
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  <published>1988</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[Baudolino]]></title>
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  <published>2000</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[The Island of the Day Before]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Umberto Eco]]></name>
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  <title><![CDATA[The Mysterious Flame of Queen Loana]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Umberto Eco]]></name>
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      <name><![CDATA[Geoffrey Brock]]></name>
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  <title><![CDATA[How to Travel With a Salmon &amp; Other Essays]]></title>
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  <published>1992</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[Travels in Hyperreality (Harvest Book)]]></title>
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  <published>1986</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[History of Beauty]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Umberto Eco]]></name>
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  <published>2004</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[On Literature]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Umberto Eco]]></name>
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  <published>2002</published>  
  
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        <book id="507248">
  <title><![CDATA[Serendipities: Language and Lunacy]]></title>
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    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Umberto Eco]]></name>
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  <average_rating>3.83</average_rating>
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  <published>1998</published>  
  
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