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It's amusing at times, but I agree that it's Eco's worst novel Larry Send a noteboard - 24/04/2014 06:48:28 AM

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It was a bad book and it made me want to vomit in places. Loana I have yet to read (but I bought it in hardcover in Italian, of course).

Loana is much better in comparison, although the conclusion might not be the sort that would interest you.

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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