Confessions of a Young Novelist

Umberto Eco

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$18.95 • £15.95 • €17.00

ISBN 9780674058699

Publication Date: 04/25/2011

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240 pages

4-3/8 x 7-1/8 inches

4 line illustrations

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Umberto Eco (1932–2016) was an internationally acclaimed writer, philosopher, medievalist, professor, and the author of the best-selling novels Foucault’s Pendulum, The Name of the Rose, and The Prague Cemetery, as well as children’s books. His numerous nonfiction books include Confessions of a Young Novelist, Six Walks in the Fictional Woods, and The Open Work. He was a recipient of the Premio Strega, Italy’s highest literary prize; the Princess of Asturias Award for Communication and Humanities; and a Chevalier de la Légion d’Honneur from the government of France.

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