Umberto Eco

Znamenityj roman "Imja rozy" (1980) italjanskogo istorika, professora semiotiki i estetiki Umberto Eko - o svobode, roman "Majatnik Fuko" (1988), zakrepivshij slavu avtora, - o neobkhodimosti kontrolirovat svobodu zdravym smyslom, logikoj, sovestju. Oba debjutnykh shedevra Eko pri ikh trillernoj zanimatelnosti - javno filosofskie knigi. Tem bolee glubokoe filosofskoe soderzhanie u tretego romana "Ostrov nakanune" (1995). Eto burnaja povest o zhizni i smerti s geroem, napominajuschim Robinzona Kruzo, tolko vybroshennym ne na neobitaemyj ostrov, a na neobitaemyj korabl. Borba ego za vyzhivanie poetichna, kniga napolnena obrazami iz velikoj zhivopisi, muzyki, literatury, v nej polno sjurprizov dlja dogadlivykh chitatelej. Neobychnye i silnye kharaktery dartanjanovskogo vremeni, grustnyj smekh nosatogo Sirano i filosofija Dekarta - vse v odnom sjuzhete, napominajuschem novomodnyj kompjuternyj kvest.

Posle vykhoda mirovogo bestsellera "Imja rozy" (1980), proslavlennogo znamenitym filmom, italjanskij istorik, estetik, strukturalist Umberto Eko okazalsja v trudnom polozhenii. Kak vtoroj raz vzjat podobnuju vysotu? Kak sochinit ne menee udachnuju knigu dlja raznykh chitatelej, i erudirovannykh i neiskushennykh? Knigu stol zhe zhivuju, skol i mudruju, stol zhe sardonichnuju, skolko i nezhnuju? Avtor risknul - i podtverdil prezhnij rekord. "Majatnik Fuko" (1988) proslavilsja ne menshe "Imeni rozy", a film po nemu ne snjali tolko ottogo, chto avtor sam ne razreshil eto velikomu Stenli Kubriku. Na etikh stranitsakh vzaimodejstvujut redaktory milanskogo izdatelstva, rytsari-khramovniki, zhretsy vudu i antifashisty-partizany. Rasskazano i o legendarnykh tamplierakh, o tajnykh khozjaevakh mira, no tolko chtob napomnit: istorija dostoverna togda, kogda ee osnova - neosporimyj dokument. Vse ostalnoe - igra. Igra, kotoraja byvaet opasnoj. Umberto Eko - italjanskij uchjonyj-filosof, istorik-medievist, spetsialist po semiotike, literaturnyj kritik, pisatel. Ego debjutnyj roman "Imja rozy" porazil chitatelej i kritikov svoej glubinoj, neodnoznachnostju i filosofskim znacheniem. Kazhdoe sledujuschee proizvedenie Eko otkryvaet novye granitsy talanta avtora . Roman"Majatnik Fuko" byl vpervye opublikovan v 1988 godu. Perevodchik: Kostjukovich Elena

Dejstvie romana "Prazhskoe kladbische" razvorachivaetsja pochti tselikom vo Frantsii, no posledstvija etoj intrigi tragicheski porazjat potom tselyj mir. V tsentre sobytij dovolno skoro okazhetsja Rossija, gde v 1905 godu byla vpervye napechatana znamenitaja literaturnaja poddelka "Protokoly sionskikh mudretsov". V romane dokumentalno rasskazano, chimi usilijami eta poddelka byla sozdana. Glavnyj geroj ochen gadok, a vse, chto proiskhodit s nim, i uzhasno, i interesno. Avtor, stroja sjuzhet v dukhe Aleksandra Djuma, protaskivaet zataivshego dykhanie chitatelja po zlovonnym parizhskim kloakam i po banditskim pritonam, verbuet geroja v garibaldijskoe vojsko, zastavljaet ego shpionit na vse razvedki i kontrrazvedki mira, v tom chisle i na russkuju okhranku, ukroschat isterichek iz kliniki doktora Sharko, raspivat pivo s Zigmundom Frejdom, forsit bok o bok so Svobodoj na barrikadakh i dazhe uchastvovat v sataninskoj messe. Odnovremenno, kak vsegda, Umberto Eko vydaet chitatelju v obolochke prikljuchencheskogo romana ogromnyj zarjad znanij i idej. Perevodchik: Kostjukovich Elena

Unas sabrosas reflexiones del gran Umberto Eco sobre el oficio de escribir «Umberto Eco cambi nuestra mirada sobre los libros: imprescindibles, peque os, fr giles, a veces criminales, casi siempre salvadores. Un maestro que nos ense a entrelazar la sabidur a y el juego con su estilo sagaz y l dico, con su asombrosa inventiva y certera lucidez . -Irene Vallejo «Estas conferencias se titulan Confesiones de un joven novelista, y cabr a preguntarse por qu , teniendo en cuenta que ya he cumplido m s de setenta a os. Pero resulta que publiqu mi primera novela, El nombre de la rosa, en 1980, de modo que empec mi carrera como novelista hace cosa de treinta a os. Me considero, por lo tanto, un novelista muy joven y ciertamente prometedor . As comienza este libro en el que el gran intelectual cuenta c mo se acerc a la ficci n siendo ya un ensayista de prestigio, c mo prepara cada una de sus novelas antes de ponerse a escribir, c mo crea sus personajes y la realidad que los rodea. Tambi n nos habla de la ambig edad que mantiene el escritor para que sus lectores se sientan libres de seguir su propio camino a la hora de interpretar un texto, as como de su capacidad para generar emociones en ellos. Por qu en general no lloramos cuando alguien nos cuenta que su pareja lo ha abandonado y, en cambio, muchos nos emocionamos al leer el episodio de la muerte de Anna Kar nina? Un volumen «cautivador, brillante y audaz (The Guardian) en el que Eco propone respuestas ingeniosas, llenas de iron a y erudici n, a las preguntas que l mismo plantea, y convierte una an cdota en una lecci n de vida. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION Umberto Eco published his first novel, The Name of the Rose, in 1980, when he was nearly fifty. In these "confessions," the author, looks back on his long career as a theorist and his more recent work as a novelist, and explores their fruitful conjunction. He begins by exploring the boundary between fiction and nonfiction―playfully, seriously, brilliantly roaming across this frontier. Good nonfiction, he believes, is crafted like a whodunnit, and a skilled novelist builds precisely detailed worlds through observation and research. Taking us on a tour of his own creative method, Eco recalls how he designed his fictional realms. He began with specific images, made choices of period, location, and voice, composed stories that would appeal to both sophisticated and popular readers. The blending of the real and the fictive extends to the inhabitants of such invented worlds. Why are we moved to tears by a character's plight? In what sense do Anna Karenina, Gregor Samsa, and Leopold Bloom "exist"? A medievalist, philosopher, and scholar of modern literature, Eco astonishes above all when he considers the pleasures of enumeration. He shows that the humble list, the potentially endless series, enables us to glimpse the infinite and approach the ineffable. This "young novelist" is a master who has wise things to impart about the art of fiction and the power of words.

UN ACONTECIMIENTO EDITORIAL UMBERTO ECO Y MILO MANARA: DOS GENIOS UNIDOS EN UNA OBRA MAESTRA DE LA NOVELA GR FICA En 1327, el fraile franciscano Guillermo de Baskerville llega, acompa ado del novicio Adso de Melk, a una abad a de monjes benedictinos para participar en un importante c nclave, que se ver amenazado por una serie de enigm ticas muertes. A medida que Guillermo investigue y se acerque a la peligrosa verdad, su joven aprendiz descubrir los secretos de un mundo oscuro y lleno de sensualidad. El maestro indiscutible del c mic Milo Manara firma esta magistral adaptaci n gr ficadel «thriller hist rico m s influyente de la historia de la literatura (La Vanguardia), que consagr a su autor, Umberto Eco. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION A GREAT PUBLISHING EVENT UMBERTO ECO AND MILO MANARA: TWO GENIUSES UNITE IN A GRAPHIC NOVEL MASTERPIECE The year is 1327. Benedictines in a wealthy Italian abbey are suspected of heresy, and Brother William of Baskerville arrives to investigate. When his delicate mission is suddenly overshadowed by seven bizarre deaths, Brother William turns detective. His tools are the logic of Aristotle, the theology of Aquinas, the empirical insights of Roger Bacon -- all sharpened to a glistening edge by wry humor and a ferocious curiosity. He collects evidence, deciphers secret symbols and coded manuscripts, and digs into the eerie labyrinth of the abbey, where "the most interesting things happen at night." The undisputed master of comics, Milo Manara, illustrates this masterful graphic adaptation of the "most influential historical thriller in the history of literature" (La Vanguardia), which consecrated its author, Umberto Eco.

Una colecci n de ensayos magistrales sobre la cultura de masas. En estos ensayos magistrales, en los que analiza la estructura del mal gusto, la lectura de c mics, el mito de Superman, la canci n de consumo, el papel de los medios audiovisuales como instrumento de informaci n o el influjo de la televisi n en el mundo actual, Umberto Eco se plantea el problema central de la doble postura ante la cultura de masas: la de los apocal pticos, que ven en ella el signo de una ca da irrecuperable, y la de los integrados, que creen de forma optimista que estamos viviendo una magn fica generalizaci n del marco cultural. Publicados originalmente en 1964, estos textos «l cidos, persuasivos e ingeniosos de un autor realmente particular, sustancial, brillante y muy divertido (Kirkus Reviews) componen un libro ic nico y visionario que marc nuestra poca y que a d a de hoy contin a siendo una obra de referencia. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION An erudite and witty collection of Umberto Eco's essays on mass culture. In these masterful essays, in which he analyzes mass culture's ugly tastes, the reading of comics, the myth of Superman, consumer's likes and dislikes, the role of mass media as an information tool, and television's influence in today's world, Umberto Eco raises the main problem with the two different viewpoints facing mass culture today: that of those with an apocalyptic view, who see it all as a sign of an irrevocable demise, and that of those with a more positive outlook, who optimistically believe that we are living the magnificent generalization of a cultural framework. Originally published in 1964, these texts that are "lucid, persuasive, and artfully illustrated essays, by an author who is substantial, lucid, humane, and a great deal of fun" (Kirkus Reviews) make up an iconic and visionary book that marked our times and one that continues to be a work of reference in today's world.

"Explodes with pyrotechnic inventions, literally as well as figuratively. Hold on till the end."--New York Times"Whether you're into Sherlock Holmes, Montaillou, Borges, the nouvelle critique, the Rule of St. Benedict, metaphysics, library design, or The Thing from the Crypt, you'll love it. Who can that miss out?"--Sunday Times (London)Now available in a deluxe fortieth-anniversary paperback edition featuring never-before-seen illustrations by the author, the beloved internationally bestselling historical mystery about a brilliant monk called upon to solve a series of baffling murders in a fourteenth-century Italian abbey. Italy, 1347. While Brother William of Baskerville is investigating accusations of heresy at a wealthy abbey, his inquiries are disrupted by a series of bizarre deaths. Turning his practiced detective skills to finding the killer, he relies on logic (Aristotle), theology (Thomas Aquinas), empirical insights (Roger Bacon), and his own wry humor and ferocious curiosity. With the aid of his young apprentice, William scours the abbey, from its stables to the labyrinthine library, piecing together evidence, and deciphering cryptic symbols and coded manuscripts to uncover the truth about this place where "the most interesting things happen at night." First published in 1980, The Name of the Rose became an international sensation, beguiling readers around the world with its mix of history, humor, and intellectual heft. This beautifully designed modern edition, illustrated with exclusive original drawings created by Umberto Eco, will enchant a new generation of readers and entice old fans to fall under its spell once again.

"An encyclopedic detective story . . . An intellectual triumph."--Anthony Burgess"Foucault's Pendulum is Eco's magical mystery tour of the Western mind. . . . With this book, Eco puts himself in the grand and acerbic tradition of Petronius, Rabelais, Swift, and Voltaire."--Chicago Tribune"Rich and witty."--NewsweekInfused with history and crackling suspense, Umberto Eco's celebrated international bestseller--a cerebral classic, prescient of our own times, about a literary joke that goes terribly awry, unexpectedly plunging its creators into mortal danger. A man named Colonel Ardenti tells three cynical book editors that he has discovered a coded message about a centuries-old Knights Templar plan to tap a mystic source of power greater than atomic energy. The editors, bored from tooling with manuscripts on the occult and inspired by the colonel's outlandish claims, devise a literary prank for their own amusement. Using a computer, into which they enter bits of information on the Knights Templar, Satanic initiation rites, Rosicrucianism, the measurements of the Great Pyramid, and supernatural and occult phenomenon, they create a map indicating a point from which all the powers of the earth can be controlled--a point located at Foucault's Pendulum in Paris. The editors are convinced they've devised the ultimate literary joke, a game to consume conspiracy theorists, mystical buffs, and everyone else fool enough to play. But their joke becomes all too terrifyingly real when people begin to disappear mysteriously, beginning with the Colonel. . . .

For den italienske forfatter og filosof Umberto Eco (1932-2016) var fascismen et reelt styre, en realpolitisk virkelighed, der i hans barndom formede hans uddannelse, hans hverdag, hans sprog. I Den evige fascisme fra 1997 reflekterer Umberto Eco over, hvad fascismens væsen er, ikke bare dengang eller i nyere tid, men som en slags fænomen. I håbet om, at vi bliver ved med at lære af historien, opstiller Umberto Eco nogle bud på fascismens grundtræk og viser os, at den kunne være ved at snige sig ind på os på flere måder, end vi kan forestille os. Forsker ved DIIS Alberte Bové Rud har skrevet efterord. Oversat af Thomas Harder. Bogen udkommer i serien ATLAS & Gyldendals Småskrifter, der er evigtgyldige tanker i lommeformat – litterære essays, politiske brandtaler og uddrag af værker, der gennem tiden har været skelsættende for, hvordan vi har indrettet vores samfund, og for de måder, hvorpå vi tænker om os selv som mennesker.

Le gai savoir: rarement l'expression nietzsch enne se sera aussi bien appliqu e qu' ce livre... sur les livres Du papyrus au fichier lectronique, nous traversons deux mille ans d'histoire du livre travers une discussion la fois rudite et humoristique, savante et subjec-tive, dialectique et anecdotique, curieuse et go teuse. On y parcourt les temps et les lieux, les personnes r elles s'y m lent aux personnages de fiction, on y fait l' loge de la b tise, on y analyse la passion du collectionneur, les raisons pour lesquelles telle poque engendre des chefs-d'oeuvre, la mani re dont fonctionnent la m moire et le classement d'une biblioth que. On y explique pourquoi les poules ont mis un si cle pour apprendre ne pas traverser la route ou comment notre connaissance du pass est due des cr tins, des imb ciles ou des adversaires . Bref, on s'y amuse de la furia litt raire de deux passionn s qui nous entra nent dans leur folle farandole dont chaque tour surprend, distrait, enseigne. En ces temps d'obscurantisme galopant, c'est peut- tre le plus bel hommage qui se puisse imaginer la cul-ture de l'esprit, et l'antidote le plus efficace au d senchantement.

V 1980 godu Eko opublikoval svoj pervyj roman "Imja rozy", pridav detektivnuju uvlekatelnost intellektualnomu soderzhaniju. Po romanu byl snjat kultovyj film. Kniga popala v rang mirovykh superbestsellerov i ostaetsja v etom rjadu bolee tridtsati let. Sjuzhet romana voskhodit k "Shesti Napoleonam" Konan-Dojla, dobavleny mificheskie istorii Volkhvotsarej, Turinskoj plaschanitsy, poiskov Graalja, geroi stranstvujut po vymyshlennym tsarstvam i bjutsja s armijami fantasticheskikh suschestv, a zavershaetsja vse trillernoj dvojnoj razvjazkoj. Zhurnalisty napisali srazu: Baudolino - eto avtoportret Eko. Neutomimyj rasskazchik, knizhnik, znamenitost i grazhdanin mira i v to zhe vremja znatok, a vremenami - uchastnik prostonarodnogo, plotojadnogo, polukrestjanskogo byta italjanskoj provintsii. Eko i ego geroj - plot ot ploti rodnogo gorodka Aleksandrija v Pemonte. Umberto Eko - samyj znamenityj italjanskij literator, romanist, istorik kultury, filosof, lingvist, chlen veduschikh akademij mira, laureat krupnejshikh premij, kavaler Bolshogo kresta i Pochetnogo legiona. Ego trudy perevedeny na sorok jazykov.

UMBERTO ECO IN DITO Y VISIONARIOUn canto de amor a los libros y a su acumulaci n obsesiva, por «el escritor que cambi la cultura (Corriere della Sera) «Umberto Eco cambi nuestra mirada sobre los libros: imprescindibles, peque os, fr giles, a veces criminales, casi siempre salvadores. Un maestro que nos ense a entrelazar la sabidur a y el juego con su estilo sagaz y l dico, con su asombrosa inventiva y certera lucidez. -Irene Vallejo El libro es un seguro de vida, una peque a anticipaci n de la inmortalidad. El cerebro humano cuenta, desde el principio de los tiempos, con una memoria org nica y otra mineral, grabada en piedras y tabletas de arcilla. Junto a ellas, de forma paralela, se ha desarrollado otra m s profunda, silenciosa y revolucionaria: la memoria vegetal, impresa en papiros y en trapos hasta llegar al papel procedente del rbol que conocemos hoy. Su instrumento de supervivencia es el libro, objeto de amor y devoci n durante siglos. Umberto Eco, el «humanista integral , seg n Fernando Savater, dedica estos textos in ditos e iluminadores a los bibli filos como l, a los futuros bibli filos y a los que todav a no saben que lo son. Un libro para aprender, deslumbrarse, emocionarse y seguir leyendo siempre. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION UMBERTO ECO UNEDITED AND VISIONARY A song of love for books and their obsessive accumulation, by "the writer who changed culture" (Corriere della Sera) 'Umberto Eco changed our view of books: essential, small, fragile, sometimes criminal, almost always saviors. A teacher who taught us to intertwine wisdom and play with his shrewd and playful style, with his amazing inventiveness and accurate lucidity.' - Irene Vallejo The book is life insurance, a little anticipation of immortality. The human brain has, since the beginning of time, an organic and a mineral memory, engraved on stones and clay tablets. Along with them, in a parallel way, a more profound, silent and revolutionary one has developed: plant memory, printed on papyri and rags until it reaches the paper from the tree that we know today. His instrument of survival is the book, an object of love and devotion for centuries. Umberto Eco, the 'integral humanist, ' according to Fernando Savater, dedicates these unedited and illuminating texts to bibliophiles like him, to future bibliophiles and to those who still don't know they are. A book to learn from, be dazzled by, get excited about and to always keep reading.

La novela emblem tica de Umberto Eco. Una trama apasionante. Una admirable reconstrucci n del conflictivo siglo XIV «Umberto Eco cambi nuestra mirada sobre los libros: imprescindibles, peque os, fr giles, a veces criminales, casi siempre salvadores. Un maestro que nos ense a entrelazar la sabidur a y el juego con su estilo sagaz y l dico, con su asombrosa inventiva y certera lucidez. Irene Vallejo UNO DE LOS 100 T TULOS FUNDAMENTALES DEL SIGLO XX SEG N LE MONDE Vali ndose de las caracter sticas de la novela g tica, la cr nica medieval y la novela polic aca, El nombre de la rosa narra las investigaciones detectivescas que realiza el fraile franciscano Guillermo de Baskerville para esclarecer los cr menes cometidos en una abad a benedictina en el a o 1327. Le ayudar en su labor el novicio Adso, un joven que se enfrenta por primera vez a las realidades de la vida situadas m s all de las puertas del convento. En esta primera y brillante incursi n de Umberto Eco en el mundo de la narrativa, que dio lugar a una manera de concebir la novela hist rica, el lector disfrutar de una trama apasionante y una admirable reconstrucci n de una poca especialmente conflictiva de la historia de Occidente. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION Umberto Eco's iconic novel. A gripping plot. An admirable reconstruction ofthe turbulent fourteen century. "Umberto Eco changed the way we see books: crucial, small, fragile, sometimes criminal, almost always saviors. A master who taught us how to intertwine wisdom and games in his acute and playful way, with his astounding ingenuity and accurate insights." --Irene Vallejo ONE OF THE 100 ESSENTIAL BOKS OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY, ACCORDING TO LE MONDE. Drawing on the nature of gothic novels, medieval chronicles, and detective fiction, The Name of the Rose follows the inquiries and detective work of Franciscan Friar William of Baskerville to clarify a series of crimes perpetrated in a Benedictine abbey, in the year 1327. He is assisted by Adso, a novice who faces the realities of life outside the convent walls for the first time. In his first and brilliant incursion into the narrative world, in which Umberto Eco introduced a new way of conceiving historical fiction, the reader will enjoy a thrilling plot and a magnificent reconstruction of a particularly chaotic time in the history of the Western world.

But who are â??theyâ??? HOW TO SPOT A FASCIST is a selection of three thought-provoking essays on freedom and fascism, censorship and tolerance â?? including Ecoâ??s iconic essay â?? Ur-Fascismâ??, which lists the fourteen essential characteristics of fascism, and draws on his own personal experiences growing up in the shadow of Mussolini.