Even when Eco states quite explicitly that some of it is so?
Larry Send a noteboard - 23/07/2010 10:20:34 PM

Of course the labyrinth is such an old trope that it seems more accurate to say that Eco is participating in a literary tradition that Borges was a part of; to say it's simply an homage seems a little limiting to me.
Found this interesting article on the Borgesian elements referenced in Eco's book. Some of the evidence apparently is based on Eco's comments.
Illusions fall like the husk of a fruit, one after another, and the fruit is experience. - Narrator, Sylvie
Je suis méchant.
Je suis méchant.

The Name of the Rose -- Umberto Eco
23/07/2010 01:26:32 AM
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Hm. Just read Foucault's Pendulum a while back. I intend to get on to this eventually.
23/07/2010 07:24:39 AM
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I started Foucault's Pendulum just last night. I know Tom loved it; what do you think?
23/07/2010 07:34:28 AM
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It is less ... organic?
23/07/2010 10:21:51 AM
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It's a great book.
23/07/2010 07:56:25 AM
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It is, indeed, a lovely book
23/07/2010 10:19:53 AM
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It even made me respect postmodernism! Well, a little. Eco's variant.
23/07/2010 11:22:02 AM
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Re: It even made me respect postmodernism! Well, a little. Eco's variant.
23/07/2010 11:24:18 AM
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I didn't think you would.
23/07/2010 05:20:04 PM
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I'm going to re-read this again sometime in the next few months
23/07/2010 02:29:29 PM
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Good old Jorge of Burgos.
23/07/2010 05:23:59 PM
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Re: Good old Jorge of Burgos.
23/07/2010 09:41:16 PM
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Oh, I agree. I just wanted to clarify that I think it extends beyond a shout-out to Borges. *NM*
24/07/2010 12:06:57 AM
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Even when Eco states quite explicitly that some of it is so?
23/07/2010 10:20:34 PM
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Re: I'm going to re-read this again sometime in the next few months
23/07/2010 09:40:29 PM
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A very good review. This book definitely deserves a reread. *NM*
26/07/2010 09:16:35 AM
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