Book #14809

Turning Back the Clock: Hot Wars and Media Populism - 1st US Edition/1st Printing

Umberto Eco
Book #14809 Turning Back the Clock: Hot Wars and Media Populism - 1st US Edition/1st Printing. Umberto Eco.
Turning Back the Clock: Hot Wars and Media Populism - 1st US Edition/1st Printing

Binding: Cloth
Book Condition: As New in As New dust jacket
Edition: First Edition; First Printing
Publisher: Orlando: Harcourt, Inc., 2006.
ISBN: 0151013519

A very beautiful and desirable first edition, first printing in As New condition in alike dust-jacket, SIGNED by author Umberto Eco directly on the title page. Surprisingly scarce.

Eco's collection of provocative essays, originally published in two leading Italian newspapers. Eco examines subjects such as Mideastern and European politics, myth, prejudice, globalization, The Da Vinci Code, magical thinking, rhetoric, religion, intelligent design and ..... A phenomenon like Harry Potter. Translated from the Italian by Alistair McEwen; 8vo; [xii], 369, [3] pages; Signed by Author.

Price: $120.00

Author Bio

Umberto Eco

Umberto Eco (born January 5, 1932) is an Italian medievalist, semiotician, philosopher, literary critic and novelist, best known for his novel The Name of the Rose (Il nome della rosa, 1980), an intellectual mystery combining semiotics in fiction, biblical analysis, medieval studies and literary theory.

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