Baudolino - Rilegato

Eco, Umberto; Weaver, William

Rilegato

ISBN 10: 0151006903 ISBN 13: 9780151006908

Casa editrice: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2002

Riassunto

Born a simple peasant in northern Italy, Baudolino, a young man with a gift for languages and a talent for lying, narrates the story of his life, from his meeting with and adoption by Emperor Frederick Barbarossa, his education in Paris, his and his companions' search for the legendary priest-king Prester John, and his arrival in Constantinople during the turmoil of the Fourth Crusade. 400,000 first printing.

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ADVANCE PRAISE FOR BAUDOLINO

"Fuses historical events of the twelfth century with myths and fables, juicy romance, real political issues, and deep questions of faith--and the result is dazzling fireworks."--Welt Am Sonntag (Germany)

"Without a doubt the author's most playful book, suffused with an atmosphere of fanciful freedom." --La Repubblica (Italy)
PRAISE FOR THE NAME OF THE ROSE

"A superbly entertaining and extraordinary work of novelistic art."--Harper's

"Fascinating, ingenious, dazzling."--Newsweek

"The kind of novel that changes our mind."--Los Angeles Times

L'autore:

Umberto Eco is a professor of semiotics at the University of Bologna and the bestselling author of numerous novels and essays. He lives in Italy.

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• Editore: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
• Data di pubblicazione: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0151006903
• ISBN 13: 9780151006908
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 528