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You mean that execrable Guardian interview? Larry Send a noteboard - 01/12/2011 02:05:40 PM
Where he held this up as his "easy read" book. He said he had been criticised for being too erudite and people had said that he would sell more if he wrote easier books; then he had written Loana, which was an easy read, and it had sold less than any of the others.

I really liked this book. It feels very whole.


Eco did fine, but the interviewer seemed clueless at times. Fitting, considering what book he helped write.

I liked it for being "personal" without ever becoming treacly.
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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Umberto Eco, The Mysterious Flame of Queen Loana Larry - 30/11/2011 12:27:32 AM 1008 Views
I saw an interview with Eco recently Camilla - 30/11/2011 12:41:04 PM 648 Views
I have to agree with him - either this or Baudolino. Legolas - 30/11/2011 06:48:01 PM 685 Views
Re: I have to agree with him - either this or Baudolino. Camilla - 01/12/2011 08:37:39 AM 812 Views
I found his pop culture in Loana obscurer than the legends in Baudolino. Legolas - 01/12/2011 09:05:50 PM 702 Views
Odd Larry - 01/12/2011 11:16:10 PM 728 Views
Or because you're old. *NM* Camilla - 02/12/2011 08:29:32 AM 298 Views
Only 8 years or so older than you Larry - 02/12/2011 08:41:48 AM 735 Views
Re: Only 8 years or so older than you Camilla - 02/12/2011 08:43:13 AM 689 Views
True Larry - 02/12/2011 09:06:51 AM 719 Views
13, and what's your point? *NM* Legolas - 02/12/2011 07:30:30 PM 339 Views
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Doesn't work that way Larry - 02/12/2011 07:34:03 PM 879 Views
Error Camilla - 02/12/2011 07:41:52 PM 698 Views
If it'll make you feel worse... Larry - 03/12/2011 12:35:52 AM 818 Views
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I vehemently oppose your calling Larry "old" DomA - 02/12/2011 11:28:26 PM 616 Views
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I wonder if that'd lead to people carding you when you want to check out books from the library Larry - 03/12/2011 12:36:40 AM 653 Views
Re: I vehemently oppose your calling Larry "old" DomA - 03/12/2011 07:43:59 AM 880 Views
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Re: I vehemently oppose your calling Larry "old" DomA - 05/12/2011 01:03:10 AM 1348 Views
I think at that time American comics were indeed relatively well-known in Europe. Legolas - 02/12/2011 07:34:15 PM 556 Views
Don't forget the fascist-friendly elements of several of those American comics Larry - 02/12/2011 07:36:51 PM 733 Views
Re: Don't forget the fascist-friendly elements of several of those American comics DomA - 02/12/2011 11:21:36 PM 735 Views
I'm not so sure that's true for the twenties and thirties. Legolas - 02/12/2011 11:50:49 PM 1011 Views
Re: I'm not so sure that's true for the twenties and thirties. DomA - 03/12/2011 07:22:43 AM 973 Views
Re: I'm not so sure that's true for the twenties and thirties. DomA - 05/12/2011 04:35:57 AM 1343 Views
Re: I found his pop culture in Loana obscurer than the legends in Baudolino. Camilla - 02/12/2011 08:30:44 AM 780 Views
I'm considering reviewing all of his books over the next month or two Larry - 01/12/2011 02:06:35 PM 663 Views
You mean that execrable Guardian interview? Larry - 01/12/2011 02:05:40 PM 695 Views
Yes. That. *NM* Camilla - 01/12/2011 02:41:29 PM 275 Views
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