Foucault's Pendulum
by Umberto Eco
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Author: Umberto EcoEdition: Mass Market Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 1990-11-13
ISBN: 0345368754
Number of pages: 560
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Book Reviews of Foucault's Pendulum
Book Review: 'the book to read' not long ago
Summary: 2 Stars
This is an intellectual 'davinci code' type book, historical religious fiction, very pretentious, not as readable.
Some suggest Eco intentionally made his books boring at the start, to discourage thosee not intellectually ardent enough to plow forward. Ok maybe, but what about the middle and end of this one?
Read The Name of the Rose before even thinking about this.
Foucault is less accessible and less interesting than Name of the Rose- a classic, but 10 times the complication if that doesnt seal the deal for you.
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