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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 1066 Views
I saw an interview with Eco recently Camilla - 30/11/2011 12:41:04 PM 697 Views
I have to agree with him - either this or Baudolino. Legolas - 30/11/2011 06:48:01 PM 747 Views
Re: I have to agree with him - either this or Baudolino. Camilla - 01/12/2011 08:37:39 AM 864 Views
I found his pop culture in Loana obscurer than the legends in Baudolino. Legolas - 01/12/2011 09:05:50 PM 755 Views
Odd Larry - 01/12/2011 11:16:10 PM 781 Views
Or because you're old. *NM* Camilla - 02/12/2011 08:29:32 AM 316 Views
Only 8 years or so older than you Larry - 02/12/2011 08:41:48 AM 785 Views
Re: Only 8 years or so older than you Camilla - 02/12/2011 08:43:13 AM 742 Views
True Larry - 02/12/2011 09:06:51 AM 775 Views
13, and what's your point? *NM* Legolas - 02/12/2011 07:30:30 PM 363 Views
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Doesn't work that way Larry - 02/12/2011 07:34:03 PM 930 Views
Error Camilla - 02/12/2011 07:41:52 PM 749 Views
If it'll make you feel worse... Larry - 03/12/2011 12:35:52 AM 874 Views
Re: If it'll make you feel worse... Camilla - 03/12/2011 08:27:22 AM 609 Views
I vehemently oppose your calling Larry "old" DomA - 02/12/2011 11:28:26 PM 663 Views
Re: I vehemently oppose your calling Larry "old" Camilla - 02/12/2011 11:29:23 PM 637 Views
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 697 Views
Re: I vehemently oppose your calling Larry "old" DomA - 03/12/2011 07:43:59 AM 926 Views
Re: I vehemently oppose your calling Larry "old" Camilla - 03/12/2011 08:29:05 AM 861 Views
Re: I vehemently oppose your calling Larry "old" DomA - 05/12/2011 01:03:10 AM 1402 Views
I think at that time American comics were indeed relatively well-known in Europe. Legolas - 02/12/2011 07:34:15 PM 615 Views
Don't forget the fascist-friendly elements of several of those American comics Larry - 02/12/2011 07:36:51 PM 785 Views
Re: Don't forget the fascist-friendly elements of several of those American comics DomA - 02/12/2011 11:21:36 PM 801 Views
I'm not so sure that's true for the twenties and thirties. Legolas - 02/12/2011 11:50:49 PM 1087 Views
Re: I'm not so sure that's true for the twenties and thirties. DomA - 03/12/2011 07:22:43 AM 1039 Views
Re: I'm not so sure that's true for the twenties and thirties. DomA - 05/12/2011 04:35:57 AM 1404 Views
Re: I found his pop culture in Loana obscurer than the legends in Baudolino. Camilla - 02/12/2011 08:30:44 AM 829 Views
I'm considering reviewing all of his books over the next month or two Larry - 01/12/2011 02:06:35 PM 716 Views
You mean that execrable Guardian interview? Larry - 01/12/2011 02:05:40 PM 746 Views
Yes. That. *NM* Camilla - 01/12/2011 02:41:29 PM 298 Views
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