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| The Name of Queen Baudolino's Pendulum of the Flame Before : Eco's Work | | 8 | DoctorRobert, April 2007 | |
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| What Are You Reading Now? : Foucalt's Pendulum by Umberto Eco | | 11 | ashmodai, January 2007 | |
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| Historical Mysteries : [The Name of the Rose] | | 25 | mbahawk, September 2006 | |
I agree. I suggest Foucault's Pendulum, since it is about conspiracies and the occult and it's written by Umberto Eco The Illuminatus Trilogy is another tale of conspiracy and paranoia, but far better written than Mr. Brown's tales. ...
Pentecost Alley by Anne Perry
Silence in Hanover Close by Anne Perry
The Second Time Around by Mary Higgins Clark
Baudolino by Umberto Eco
Elvis in the Morning by William F. Buckley Jr
Used bookstore purchase in 2009:
The Princess Bride by William Goldman
Had since before 20 ... 387. Baudolino by Umberto Eco 12/02/09
388. Macbeth by William Shakespeare 12/02/09
389. Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus by Ludwig Wittgenstein 12/03/09
390. Krik? Krak! by Edwidge Danticat 12/03/09 387. Baudolino by Umberto Eco 12/02/09
388. Macbeth by William Shakespeare 12/02/09
389. Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus by Ludwig Wittgenstein 12/03/09
390. Krik? Krak! by Edwidge Danticat 12/03/09 #144 benitastrnad
I read Eco before (Baudolino and I tried Foucault's Pendulum. I still find The Name of The Rose hard to get through. It is like two or three stories in one. The murder mystery, and then the philosophical discussions about theological principles, and the political ... ... questions are raised, (like in another favourite of mine, Baudolino).
***** ... German fiction Siddhartha
843 French fiction The count of Monte Cristo
853 Italian fiction Baudolino
863 Spanish and Portuguese literature Like water for chocolate
891 East Indo-European and Celtic literature Master and margarita
895 Li ... With full and devout courage, making a pilgrimage through Baudolino by Umberto Eco. ... gerne Bücher (hauptsächlich Romane) über Bücher lesen. Hier eine kleine Auswahl:
Klaas Huizing: Der Buchtrinker
Umberto Eco: Die Kunst des Bücherliebens
Carlos Ruiz Zafon: Der Schatten des Windes
Walter Moers: Die Stadt der träumenden Bücher
Wolfram Fleischhauer: Da ... ... history (Nixon, the Rosenbergs), but you might take a look at The Public Burning by Robert Coover ... or perhaps Baudolino by Umberto Eco. >40 I loved The Name of the Rose and Foucault's Pendulum, but I found Baudolino to be extraordinarily boring. But that's just me - it seems to have several good reviews here on LT. #39: Good idea. Will copy.
I've never read Baudolino, although I'm a huge fan of Eco's and have loved every book of his that I have read. ... people really love that book, but I just could not stand Lily Bart. At least she got what she deserved. And then there was Baudolino by Umberto Eco, which was the only book I had for a plane trip from Amsterdam to Minneapolis. I ended up watching the on-board movies and leaving the book in the ... ... I have yet to be able to finish a single one of Eco's books. I have tried The Name of the Rose, Foucalt's Pendulum and Baudolino, but have not finished one yet. I guess he is just over my head or something. ... on a strict words per centime ratio (this was awhile ago) and now I'm thinking of rereading it as soon as I've finally read Baudolino.
I'm impressed with your book count! I've read quite a few books set in medieval times, and a good number of them feature fake relics. Baudolino by Umberto Eco revolves around fake relics, and several of the books in the Matthew Bartholomew Chronicles by Susanna Gregory involve fake relics in their plots too. Both of these ... ... a Traveler by Italo Calvino, 2000
232. A Bend in the River by V.S. Naipaul, 1980
233. The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco, 1982
234. Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole, 1984
235. *Rites of Passage by William Golding, 2008
236. Midnight's Children by Salman Rus ... ... Bartleby, the Scrivener {7/2}, Typee {10/10}
18. Eco: The Name of the Rose {1/14}, Foucault's Pendulum {3/2}, Baudolino {12/2} ... - TAKEN
America: A Citizen's Guide to Democracy Inaction, Jon Stewart
Amsterdam, Ian McEwan - TAKEN
Baudolino, Umberto Eco - TAKEN
Bedlam, Greg Hollingshead
Body of Evidence, Patricia Cornwall
Complicity, Iain Banks - TAKEN
The Convenient Marriage ... >104 - I have had that book Baudolino for a while, I bought it in hardcover for some reason. I've started it about 3 times, and could never really get into it. Not too many clunkers this year:
Baudolino by Umberto Eco - Finished it, only through sheer act of will. Couldn't care about the characters, everything became crazily fantasy-like in the middle (after starting out as what seemed to be historical fiction), and sluggish writing. So ... Not too many clunkers this year:
Baudolino by Umberto Eco - Finished it, only by a sheer act of will. Couldn't care about the characters, everything became crazily fantasy-like in the middle (after starting out as what seemed to be historical fiction), and sluggish writing. So ... From Umberto Eco's Baudolino -
moraines - geologic debris deposited by a glacier.
orpiment - a yellow mineral, an ore of arsenic.
anthropophage - man eating, used in reference to anthropophage dogs. Yuck
hypostases - a literal foundation or in metaphysics an underlying reality
blemmyae - ... I've been reading Baudolino, a fictional account about the forgeries and frauds that led to the quest for Prester John, the mythical Christian king of the east. It's an interesting speculation about the motives such as power, greed and fame that would lead someone to cook up these stories and ... ... Woman. Since I've already read two Arlt books but no Puig this year, it seems like a good change. I've also dropped Baudolino for The Magus and switched out Babel for DFW. ... time between Pittsburg, PA in Michael Chabon's Wonder Boys and 12th century Paris, France (for starters) in Umberto Eco's Baudolino. Whirlwind excitement abounds! ... is a really wonderful book, but I can't say the same of anything else Umberto Eco wrote, I fear. I had high hopes for Baudolino for a while, because it began well, but then veered off into off-putting fevered fantasy. A new one for me, ORIFLAMME meaning an ensign, banner or standard, from Umberto Eco's Baudolino. Edited to add another from the same book. VAVASOUR meaning a vassal ranking just below a baron. The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco Baudolino! ... Puritan America
Grass's Turbot - history of Gdansk/Danzig
Akunin - novels about Tzarist Russia, e.g. Azazel
Baudolino by Eco
Focault's Pendulum by Umberto Eco ... brought:
The Enchantress of Florence by Salman Rushdie
Haroun and the Sea of Stories by Salman Rushdie
Baudolino by Umberto Eco ... year. (Yes, it's not even June and I'm already trying to structure my reading for 2009. LT makes you do weird things.)
Baudolino went back on long books and Desolation Angels was added to the TBR list. This was inspired by a Books Compared discussion on Kerouac and Bolaño.
And I'm ... 1. Bluebeard by Kurt Vonnegut
2. Baudolino by Umberto Eco
3. Pirates! In An Adventure With Scientists by Gideon Defoe
4. The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov
5. The Complete Short Stories of Oscar Wilde by Oscar Wilde
6. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's ... I just mooched Baudolino......I'll be interested to hear your impressions! I'm in a city being sacked in what I believe is the beginnings of the Holy Roman Empire in Umberto Eco's Baudolino. Due to circumstances and just finding other stuff I wanted to read, I've had to mess around with the list a little more. Baudolino has been shifted from Long Books to Longtime TBR. Bolaño's Los Detectives Salvajes gets added to Long Books, and Carnaval en Canarias gets dropped from the ... ... local used bookstore and got:
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan - Lisa See
Possession: A Romance - A.S. Byatt
Baudolino - Umberto Eco
Only $7 and two are hardcover, they're all just a little beaten up though. 853 Italian fiction Baudolino Probably going to finish Baudolino by the end of tomorrow. I didn't enjoy it as much as The Name of the Rose, but I was still pleasantly impressed.
Next up is Cat's Cradle by Vonnegut ... orders The Age of the Cloister
624 Civil engineering Structures, or Why Things Don't Fall Down
853 Italian fiction Baudolino
Also in the midst of re-reading Leviathan, which is already on my list.
If anyone wants a 624 that contains real substance but is still readable and ... Baudolino van Umberto Eco.
En daar was ik met hoge verwachtingen aan begonnen vanwege zijn prachtige In de naam van de roos. I really like The Gormengast trilogy but it is quite rich so I can see why some don't.
I recently gave up on Baudolino as I just couldn't get into this monk's story, despite my love of Foucault's pendulum I also gave up some months ago on another Eco novel about a man who's memory goes but ... Just finished the no. 1 detective agency and really enjoyed it.
Tried to read Baudolino this morning but really couldn't get into it. It's like that for me with Eco, I really like some of his stuff but others are just completely lost on me.
I am also reading the victorians for a healthy ... ... and the Penguin by Andrey Kurkov
The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides
Disappointment of the month was: Baudolino by Umberto Eco I finally finished Baudolino after a concerted plunge towards the end. It was a very odd book, and didn't seem to be sure if it was history or fantasy. It also suffered from too much "telling" and not enough "showing". The beginning of every chapter seemed to be a reminder that the narrator ... I'm still slogging through Baudolino by Umberto Eco. It's quite a departure from the others of his I've read (The Name of the Rose and Foucault's Pendulum). It's a much simpler read, though I'm not sure if that's the way the book was written, or just the translation. Unfortunately it's ... Just started Baudolino by Umberto Eco. I'm about 20 pages in and it seems interesting, but I'm not hooked yet.
Edited to say: How appropriate - I've just noticed (on the thread picture) that it was his birthday this week! ... mother-in-law let me dig through boxes of books that she is planning to give away. Those most prized (thus far):
Baudolino - Umberto Eco
Truman - David McCullough
Official and Confidential: the Secret Life of J. Edgar Hoover - Anthony Summers
Guns, Germs and Steel - Jared Diam ... ... to take on some challenging/bigger books that have been sitting in my library:
Rayuela
Underworld
Bomarzo
Baudolino
Cien años de soledad
>9 Wow - twacorbies - I did the same thing. I bought Baudolino for a transatlantic flight and ended up watching the onboard movies instead - I found it to be extraordinarily boring.
I had enjoyed The Name of the Rose and Foucault's Pendulum back when I was in graduate school, so perhaps ... ... in small doses and I agree with the posters above who mentioned that watching the movie first definitely helps. I bought Baudolino for a long plane flight and was repelled by the prose. I tried tackling it several times and gave up. Upon landing I made my way to a Barnes and Noble and ... ... Along with the philosophical debates raging back and forth. But I also agree it is not for everyone.
I've also read Baudolino which was a little strange but also cool in it's own way. What I found interesting was that the book in the center of the fiasco in The Name of the Rose could ... ... right mood to read his stuff, especially his fiction. (His essay collections actually make for easier reads.) I've had Baudolino on my shelves for several years now, and I still haven't worked up the gumption to delve into it. I know there's a "companion" book (not written by Eco) that ... ... Leoni
Circle of Sisters by Judith Flanders
The Witches' Way by Janet Farrar
Carrie Pil'by by Caren Lissner
Baudolino by Umberto Eco
Man and Boy by Tony Parsons
The Book of Old Silver by Seymour B. Wyler
Francesca Woodman
On the Occasion of My Last Afternoon by ... I'd not heard great things about either Baudolino or The Island of the Day Before. Which is a real shame because, like jtron and juv3nal, I loved both The Name of the Rose and Foucault's Pendulum. The former, I've always thought, is a near-perfect novel. Like Shakespeare, it functions as ... ... Foucault's Pendulum, but The Island Of The Day Before left me cold and I abandoned it not one-fifth through. How's Baudolino measure up? ... I kept wondering what the book was really about it a way that I didn't while reading his two masterpieces.
Baudolino was a disappointment. Here Eco seems to have written to his own formula without adding anything that isn't explored more provocatively in Foucault's Pendulum.
... ... great anticipation and enthusiasm only to find myself grinding to a halt around page 200. I have not had the courage to buy Baudolino or The Mysterious Flame of Queen Loana. February
9. Baudolino by Umberto Eco - as much as I loved Foucault's Pendulum, I couldn't get into this one at all. Didn't finish.
10. Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro - Very Brave New World-ish. I figured the plot out from the beginning and waited in vain for a clever plot twist ...
Hope that works.
Here are the books i've read so far.
1) baudolino by umberto eco
2) membership matters by chuck lawless
3) handbook of contemporary preaching by Michael Duduit
I don't doubt being able to do this in 2007, but if I do, I want to challenge some of my ... Just started Baudolino by Umberto Eco. ... Paw by SF Said
Love in the time of cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Palace Walk by Naguib Mahfouz
Baudolino by Umberto Eco
The Harmony silk factory by Tash Aw
The Changeover by Margaret Mahy #1: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
#100: Servant of the Bones by Anne Rice (533 members)
10%: Baudolino by Umberto Eco (980 members)
Last & Unshared: Freedom and Neurobiology by John Searle (I'm shocked no one else has it, though it just came out.) ... on planes. I don't understand it: my mind wanders, I become restless, even if it's a book i've been dying to read. Took Baudolino with me on my trip to NYC earlier this year, and it pretty much ruined it for me. I returned and exchanged the book once I arrived. Old mysteries and a ton of ... Anything by Umberto Eco really. If we're talking about re-reading books then I would revisit Baudolino or the old standby, Foucault's Pendulum. If we're talking about books we haven't read yet but think we might like, then in that case I plan to be turning to Paul Auster's newest in ... I too have read Foucault's Pendulum a couple of times and loved it. My current favorite Eco is Baudolino. A really great historical romp.
Get through the first chapter and the rest is excellent. I am in awe of his erudition. I enjoyed The Name of the Rose, The Foucault's Pendulum and Baudolino quite a lot, but I could not finish The Island of the Day Before and, more recently, The Mysterious Flame of Queen Loana. Both of them had some interesting parts, but the lack of a good story did not allow me to get ... I've tried another three books of Eco's, and only managed Baudolino, though I've liked both of the ones I've finished.
I think I'll definitely have to look into Cadfael, but is it a pure chronological series? Do I have to start at the beginning and read my way through?
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