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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.
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The Name of the Rose -- Umberto Eco Ghavrel - 23/07/2010 01:26:32 AM 17587 Views
Hm. Just read Foucault's Pendulum a while back. I intend to get on to this eventually. Panorphaeon - 23/07/2010 07:24:39 AM 2192 Views
I started Foucault's Pendulum just last night. I know Tom loved it; what do you think? Ghavrel - 23/07/2010 07:34:28 AM 2108 Views
It is less ... organic? Camilla - 23/07/2010 10:21:51 AM 2052 Views
That's a pity. The cohesion of Name was spectacular. *NM* Ghavrel - 23/07/2010 11:17:52 AM 1173 Views
Yes Camilla - 23/07/2010 11:23:28 AM 2094 Views
Yeah. Panorphaeon - 23/07/2010 08:27:33 PM 2090 Views
Re: Yeah. Camilla - 23/07/2010 09:39:31 PM 2185 Views
It's a great book. Nate - 23/07/2010 07:56:25 AM 2072 Views
I really should have emphasized that more. Ghavrel - 23/07/2010 08:33:20 AM 2027 Views
Re: I really should have emphasized that more. Nate - 23/07/2010 04:19:23 PM 2072 Views
Re: It's a great book. Macharius - 23/07/2010 05:40:25 PM 2186 Views
It is, indeed, a lovely book Camilla - 23/07/2010 10:19:53 AM 2064 Views
It even made me respect postmodernism! Well, a little. Eco's variant. Ghavrel - 23/07/2010 11:22:02 AM 2038 Views
Re: It even made me respect postmodernism! Well, a little. Eco's variant. Camilla - 23/07/2010 11:24:18 AM 2125 Views
I didn't think you would. Ghavrel - 23/07/2010 05:20:04 PM 1958 Views
Re: I didn't think you would. Camilla - 23/07/2010 09:38:34 PM 2057 Views
Maybe. I hope so. *NM* Ghavrel - 24/07/2010 12:05:36 AM 1105 Views
I'm going to re-read this again sometime in the next few months Larry - 23/07/2010 02:29:29 PM 2069 Views
Good old Jorge of Burgos. Ghavrel - 23/07/2010 05:23:59 PM 2067 Views
Re: Good old Jorge of Burgos. Camilla - 23/07/2010 09:41:16 PM 2130 Views
Oh, I agree. I just wanted to clarify that I think it extends beyond a shout-out to Borges. *NM* Ghavrel - 24/07/2010 12:06:57 AM 1134 Views
Even when Eco states quite explicitly that some of it is so? Larry - 23/07/2010 10:20:34 PM 2342 Views
Larry, Larry, Larry. It's all about the reader response. Ghavrel - 24/07/2010 12:10:07 AM 2428 Views
Re: I'm going to re-read this again sometime in the next few months Camilla - 23/07/2010 09:40:29 PM 2032 Views
That too Larry - 23/07/2010 10:18:29 PM 2173 Views
Thanks to Rebekah for the cover image! *NM* Ghavrel - 23/07/2010 08:07:17 PM 1132 Views
Free of charge. Rebekah - 23/07/2010 09:44:19 PM 2023 Views
A very good review. This book definitely deserves a reread. *NM* Tim - 26/07/2010 09:16:35 AM 1201 Views
You see how smart I am when I'm at my laptop? Ghavrel - 26/07/2010 10:33:13 AM 2051 Views
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