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Foucault’s Pendulum
International bestselling and award-winning author Umberto Eco's Foucault's Pendulum is "an intellectual adventure story, as sensational, thrilling, and packed with arcana as Raiders of the Lost Ark or The Count of Monte Cristo" (The Washington Post Book World).
Bored with their work, three Milanese editors cook up "the Plan," a hoax that connects the medieval Knights Templar with other occult groups from ancient to modern times. This produces a map indicating the geographical point from which all the powers of the earth can be controlled — a point located in Paris, France, at Foucault’s Pendulum. But in a fateful turn the joke becomes all too real, and when occult groups, including Satanists, get wind of the Plan, they go so far as to kill one of the editors in their quest to gain control of the earth.
Orchestrating these and other diverse characters into his multilayered semiotic adventure, Eco has created a superb cerebral entertainment.
Bored with their work, three Milanese editors cook up "the Plan," a hoax that connects the medieval Knights Templar with other occult groups from ancient to modern times. This produces a map indicating the geographical point from which all the powers of the earth can be controlled — a point located in Paris, France, at Foucault’s Pendulum. But in a fateful turn the joke becomes all too real, and when occult groups, including Satanists, get wind of the Plan, they go so far as to kill one of the editors in their quest to gain control of the earth.
Orchestrating these and other diverse characters into his multilayered semiotic adventure, Eco has created a superb cerebral entertainment.
623 pages, Paperback
First published October 4, 1988
About the author
Umberto Eco
912 books12.4k followersUmberto Eco was an Italian medievalist, philosopher, semiotician, novelist, cultural critic, and political and social commentator. In English, he is best known for his popular 1980 novel The Name of the Rose, a historical mystery combining semiotics in fiction with biblical analysis, medieval studies and literary theory, as well as Foucault's Pendulum, his 1988 novel which touches on similar themes.
Eco wrote prolifically throughout his life, with his output including children's books, translations from French and English, in addition to a twice-monthly newspaper column "La Bustina di Minerva" (Minerva's Matchbook) in the magazine L'Espresso beginning in 1985, with his last column (a critical appraisal of the Romantic paintings of Francesco Hayez) appearing 27 January 2016. At the time of his death, he was an Emeritus professor at the University of Bologna, where he taught for much of his life. In the 21st century, he has continued to gain recognition for his 1995 essay "Ur-Fascism", where Eco lists fourteen general properties he believes comprise fascist ideologies.
Eco wrote prolifically throughout his life, with his output including children's books, translations from French and English, in addition to a twice-monthly newspaper column "La Bustina di Minerva" (Minerva's Matchbook) in the magazine L'Espresso beginning in 1985, with his last column (a critical appraisal of the Romantic paintings of Francesco Hayez) appearing 27 January 2016. At the time of his death, he was an Emeritus professor at the University of Bologna, where he taught for much of his life. In the 21st century, he has continued to gain recognition for his 1995 essay "Ur-Fascism", where Eco lists fourteen general properties he believes comprise fascist ideologies.
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July 6, 2020
Eco, når han er virkelig meget sig selv. Tre personer, der arbejder for to sammenhængende forlag med speciale i med-finansierende selv-udgivere, der ofte udgiver esoteriske værker, beslutter sig for at gennemskrive / om skrive Den Store Verdensorden med tempelridderne, Rosenkreutzerne, Frimurerne et c. Det er proppet med digressioner, små puslespil, drilske hib til konspirationsteoretikere og andre, der insisterer på hemmelige selskaber store sammensværgelse. Romanen slutter mindst lige så Eco'sk!
May 11, 2024
Sprød bog, intens aroma af overlegen skriveevne og skjult latterliggørelse af mr Brown høhø,
Bim bam bummelum
Bim bam bummelum
November 26, 2015
Selve historie-linjen var spændende, men en svær bog at komme igennem synes jeg. Meget filosofisk anlagt, rigtig meget simpelt 'data' som ikke var historie. Rigtig meget baggrund og historier fra og om Belbo, som jeg havde svært ved at finde vigtigheden i. Levede ikke op til forventninger efter bagsiden af bogen. En stor filosofisk øvelse. Også svært at holde styr på stort persongalleri, hvor de fleste personer kun nævnes sjældent.
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