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This Is Not the End of the Book (2009)

by Umberto Eco, Jean-Claude Carrière

Other authors: Jean-Philippe de Tonnac (Introduction)

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The book is like the spoon- once invented, it cannot be bettered' - Umberto Eco.These days it is impossible to get away from discussions of whether the book will survive the digital revolution. Blogs, tweets and newspaper articles on the subject appear daily, many of them repetitive, most of them admitting ignorance of the future. Amidst the twittering, the thoughts of Jean-Claude Carri re and Umberto Eco come as a breath of fresh air. This thought-provoking book takes the form of a conversation in which Carri re and Eco discuss everything from how to define the first book to what is happening to knowledge now that infinite amounts of information are available at the click of a mouse. En route there are delightful digressions into personal anecdote. We find out about Eco's first computer and the book Carri re is most sad to have sold. And while, as Carri re says, the one certain thing about the future is that it is unpredictable, it is clear from this conversation that, in some form or other, the book will survive.… (more)
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Mi lesz a könyvekkel az e-book megjelenésével, meg itt van ez a fránya nagy internet is. Hadd mondjak el százhuszonhét történetet filmekről. Például amikor Buñuellel készítettük a nemtommelyik filmet… Ha már a könyvekről beszélgetünk.

Nem mondom, voltak benne érdekes anekdoták és megtudhattuk, milyen könyveket gyűjtenek, új információval is gazdagodtam, de az a helyzet, hogy sokkal többet vártam ettől a könyvtől. Két sziporkázó elme beszélgetését, ehelyett kaptam egy pici Ecót, egy kis humort, és sok-sok oldalt, amin csak túl akartam lenni, mert bármelyik közepesen intelligens asztaltársaság ugyanezt össze tudta volna hozni. Kevesebb filmes példával, persze. Hogy az interneten jaj, mennyi információ van, meg kell tanulni szűrni, melyik a hiteles, meg jaj, a könyvek illata.

„[…] viszont pontosan azt mondja el, amit mi is tudunk. […] nem ad hozzá egyetlen új gondolatot sem a tárgyhoz.” – mondja Eco. Na, valami ilyesmit éreztem. Ennyire azért nem sarkítva, de nagyjából.

Érdekes például, hogy a szövegek és az adathordozók elavulásakor nem reflektáltak arra, hogy amit most ők beszélgetnek, az vajon mennyi idő után lesz idejétmúlt. Bár szerintem 2009-ben sem voltak ezek forradalmian új, eredeti gondolatok.

Persze már rögtön az elején kisiklott a dolog, amikor a fordító csillagozott lábjegyzetekben javította Carrière tárgyi tévedéseit. Innentől nem csoda, ha némi szkepticizmussal álltam a további mondandójához.

Azért fogok még idézni biztosan, mert voltak benne érdekességek, de most nem éreztem azt, hogy de jó, ezt is, ezt is, ezt is ki akarom írni. ( )
  blueisthenewpink | Jan 3, 2024 |
Umberto Eco and film-maker Jean-Claude Carriere, both inveterate bibliophiles and book-collectors, discuss all things bookish – the history of the book, the book as medium and artifact, contents of books (knowledge and literature) and activities and habits connected with books. Author Jean-Philippe de Tonnac acts as an unobtrusive curator, prodding on the protagonists with a few well-judged questions. At its best this book makes one feel as if one is eavesdropping on the conversation of two impossibly erudite friends. At its worst, it risks becoming an exercise in showing off – Eco in particular has a rather irritating habit of using his own works as examples. What redeems this project is the enthusiasm which the protagonists clearly have for books and reading. Polly MacLean’s translation is fluent and idiomatic. As befits the subject, the book is presented as an attractive hardback which is a pleasure to hold and behold.

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  JosephCamilleri | Feb 21, 2023 |
Mi lesz a könyvekkel az e-book megjelenésével, meg itt van ez a fránya nagy internet is. Hadd mondjak el százhuszonhét történetet filmekről. Például amikor Buñuellel készítettük a nemtommelyik filmet… Ha már a könyvekről beszélgetünk.

Nem mondom, voltak benne érdekes anekdoták és megtudhattuk, milyen könyveket gyűjtenek, új információval is gazdagodtam, de az a helyzet, hogy sokkal többet vártam ettől a könyvtől. Két sziporkázó elme beszélgetését, ehelyett kaptam egy pici Ecót, egy kis humort, és sok-sok oldalt, amin csak túl akartam lenni, mert bármelyik közepesen intelligens asztaltársaság ugyanezt össze tudta volna hozni. Kevesebb filmes példával, persze. Hogy az interneten jaj, mennyi információ van, meg kell tanulni szűrni, melyik a hiteles, meg jaj, a könyvek illata.

„[…] viszont pontosan azt mondja el, amit mi is tudunk. […] nem ad hozzá egyetlen új gondolatot sem a tárgyhoz.” – mondja Eco. Na, valami ilyesmit éreztem. Ennyire azért nem sarkítva, de nagyjából.

Érdekes például, hogy a szövegek és az adathordozók elavulásakor nem reflektáltak arra, hogy amit most ők beszélgetnek, az vajon mennyi idő után lesz idejétmúlt. Bár szerintem 2009-ben sem voltak ezek forradalmian új, eredeti gondolatok.

Persze már rögtön az elején kisiklott a dolog, amikor a fordító csillagozott lábjegyzetekben javította Carrière tárgyi tévedéseit. Innentől nem csoda, ha némi szkepticizmussal álltam a további mondandójához.

Azért fogok még idézni biztosan, mert voltak benne érdekességek, de most nem éreztem azt, hogy de jó, ezt is, ezt is, ezt is ki akarom írni. ( )
  blueisthenewpink | Jul 2, 2022 |
Umberto Eco and film-maker Jean-Claude Carriere, both inveterate bibliophiles and book-collectors, discuss all things bookish – the history of the book, the book as medium and artifact, contents of books (knowledge and literature) and activities and habits connected with books. Author Jean-Philippe de Tonnac acts as an unobtrusive curator, prodding on the protagonists with a few well-judged questions. At its best this book makes one feel as if one is eavesdropping on the conversation of two impossibly erudite friends. At its worst, it risks becoming an exercise in showing off – Eco in particular has a rather irritating habit of using his own works as examples. What redeems this project is the enthusiasm which the protagonists clearly have for books and reading. Polly MacLean’s translation is fluent and idiomatic. As befits the subject, the book is presented as an attractive hardback which is a pleasure to hold and behold.

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  JosephCamilleri | Jan 1, 2022 |
The only reason I am not rating it higher is because the two authors-- Carriere and Eco-- do have moments when they just ramble on and on. After a while, you might want to skim some parts. But that aside, the book is set up as a conversation between the two authors moderated by Jean-Philippe de Tonnac, and it is worth reading. The two have great insights on all sorts of topics related to books, and even on some topics that may barely touch on books. They talk about books, the Internet, libraries (personal and institutional), censors, antiquities, privacy, etc. They cover a lot of ground in this book. I would say it is not a book to rush through. Take your time with it. Brew yourself some coffee or tea, and read a bit here and there. Book lovers definitely owe it to themselves to read this book. Librarians will probably enjoy it as well. If nothing else, the two authors do prove convincingly that the book is not going away any time soon, no matter what any naysayer predicts. ( )
  bloodravenlib | Aug 17, 2020 |
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Eco, Umbertoprimary authorall editionsconfirmed
Carrière, Jean-Claudemain authorall editionsconfirmed
Tonnac, Jean-Philippe deIntroductionsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Kleiner, BarbaraTranslatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
McLean, PollyTranslatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed

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In The Hunchback of Notre-Dame, Victor Hugo puts these famous words into the mouth of Archdeacon Claude Frollo: 'the book will kill the building... When you compare [architecture] to the idea, which... needs only a sheet of paper, some ink and a pen, is it surprising that the human intellect should have deserted architecture for the printing press?'
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The book is like the spoon- once invented, it cannot be bettered' - Umberto Eco.These days it is impossible to get away from discussions of whether the book will survive the digital revolution. Blogs, tweets and newspaper articles on the subject appear daily, many of them repetitive, most of them admitting ignorance of the future. Amidst the twittering, the thoughts of Jean-Claude Carri re and Umberto Eco come as a breath of fresh air. This thought-provoking book takes the form of a conversation in which Carri re and Eco discuss everything from how to define the first book to what is happening to knowledge now that infinite amounts of information are available at the click of a mouse. En route there are delightful digressions into personal anecdote. We find out about Eco's first computer and the book Carri re is most sad to have sold. And while, as Carri re says, the one certain thing about the future is that it is unpredictable, it is clear from this conversation that, in some form or other, the book will survive.

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