Felicity's review
Six Walks in the Fictional Woods
by Umberto Eco
Felicity's review
Six Walks in the Fictional Woods by Umberto Eco
Felicity's review
rating:
bookshelves:
grad-school,
nonfiction,
writing-craft
recommended for: writers, thoughtful readers
Nominally a book about reading, this collection of six lectures by Umberto Eco also yields insight into writing. Philosophical, thought-provoking, but often funny, the lectures use literary examples from Dumas, Nerval and Flaubert, but also from Fleming and Christie. It considers the way fiction manipulates us, the way we use fiction, and even the ways we expect or force our world to conform to narrative. Fascinating.
