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It's a pretty hard task to speak out your mind -truthfully- about important people's writings.Umberto Eco is a well known and highly celebrated for his works, philosopher, writer, anthropologist, sociologist and so on, but that doesn't exclude him from critics, ratings and reviews and it shouldn't either.This particular collection is filled with articles targeting mundane vexations of modern life -that he radically hates- and what enables us to face them. Whilst the reader can identify a great m It's a pretty hard task to speak out your mind -truthfully- about important people's writings.Umberto Eco is a well known and highly celebrated for his works, philosopher, writer, anthropologist, sociologist and so on, but that doesn't exclude him from critics, ratings and reviews and it shouldn't either.This particular collection is filled with articles targeting mundane vexations of modern life -that he radically hates- and what enables us to face them.
Whilst the reader can identify a great mind, a very educated and interesting individual behind those essays, the elitism is too obvious and a very alienating factor in my opinion.Although i'm not a big fan and i find his books mostly overrated, i can not but acknowledge the subtly cynical and quite humorous attacks in things and situations that even now 30 years or so after he wrote most of those pieces, are still relevant. He lambastes bureaucracy, technology, the political scene in general, in his very distinguish way, but he surely misses the mark on some levels sounding more like an overly dramatic broken record.The academic pieces were stronger, very influential and provided food for thought and those were definitely my favorite along with the first one, while the rest were sub-par. All in all 2,5 stars for this interesting and versatile collection of essays. It is funny to me now how forward thinking Eco was in terms of the mobile phone, the subject of my favorite essay in this book. In 1992, when the devices were still a rarity, he likened a mobile phone not to a luxury item for the important, but as a dog collar for the servants. I don't remember the exact words anymore, but his main point seemed to be, 'If you are really important, you have someone else take care of that stuff for you; you are not at anyone's beck and call.'
It changed my view th It is funny to me now how forward thinking Eco was in terms of the mobile phone, the subject of my favorite essay in this book. In 1992, when the devices were still a rarity, he likened a mobile phone not to a luxury item for the important, but as a dog collar for the servants. I don't remember the exact words anymore, but his main point seemed to be, 'If you are really important, you have someone else take care of that stuff for you; you are not at anyone's beck and call.' It changed my view then and holds true now more than ever.
Hilarity is what we can find while reading this sequel of his 'Misreadings' (Picador 1994) since Umberto Eco has written like a true professor as aptly credited to St. Augustine I read somewhere some years ago, that is, 'St. Augustine wrote like a professor' to verify, Would any GR friend please inform me if you know its reference?. This of course has proven one thing, that is, writing is one of the tough, grinding and formidable processes essential to all good and great professors worldwide f Hilarity is what we can find while reading this sequel of his 'Misreadings' (Picador 1994) since Umberto Eco has written like a true professor as aptly credited to St. Augustine I read somewhere some years ago, that is, 'St. Augustine wrote like a professor' to verify, Would any GR friend please inform me if you know its reference?.
This of course has proven one thing, that is, writing is one of the tough, grinding and formidable processes essential to all good and great professors worldwide for their students, colleagues and readers in the name of scholarship. That's the reason why Sir Francis Bacon states in his 50th Essay, 'Of Studies,' that 'writing an exact man.' Today I decided to finish reading its remaining 9 essays; I found the following excerpts interestingly amusing:1. To avoid accidents you must then say you have changed your mind and, instead of the corner of Seventh and Fourteenth, you want to go to Charlton Street.
The driver will then have a tantrum, slam on the breaks, and make you get out, because New York drivers know only the streets with numbers and not those with names. For the animal lover I would advise Bio/Bet. You slip it around your dog's neck and it emits untrasounds (Pmbc Circuit) that kill fleas. And it costs only $25. I don't know whether, applied to your own body, it would eliminate crabs; I'd be afraid of overkill.
Batteries not included. The dog has to go out and buy his own. I replaced the volume.
Perhaps it, too, contains false information. But I realized that a man has to belong to something, if he doesn't want to feel like nothing.
Italy's notorious P2 Lodge has been dissolved, while the Opus Dei has lost all secrecy and is now on everyone's lips. I have made my choice: the Italian Recorder Society. One, True, Ancient, and Accepted. 130)etc.Find a copy and enjoy!
“I like the notion of stubborn incuriosity. To cultivate a stubborn incuriosity, you have to limit yourself to certain areas of knowledge. You cannot be totally greedy. You have tooblige yourself not to learn everything.
Or else you will learn nothing.” - Umberto Eco (1932-2016)Probably not the first Umberto Eco one would pick up, but this caught my eye at a quaint hotel in Matheran.It is a series of articles, with topics from one's daily routine, taken forward via witty, haphazard thoughts. Fr “I like the notion of stubborn incuriosity. To cultivate a stubborn incuriosity, you have to limit yourself to certain areas of knowledge. You cannot be totally greedy.
You have tooblige yourself not to learn everything. Or else you will learn nothing.” - Umberto Eco (1932-2016)Probably not the first Umberto Eco one would pick up, but this caught my eye at a quaint hotel in Matheran.It is a series of articles, with topics from one's daily routine, taken forward via witty, haphazard thoughts. From losing your driver's license, to issues when traveling outside your home country, this one is sure to leave you in splits.They are in the vein of V.Gangadhar's articles in the Hindu's Sunday edition. I had bought a compilation of his articles some 5 years ago, and I guess it is about time I give that a shot too.Umberto Eco passed away earlier this year, and I'm glad in his time on earth he managed to extrapolate every travail into a thought of humorous fantasy. Favs:, and.Secretly skipped:, and.Secretly skipped:,. Umberto Eco's Travels with a Salmon & Other Essays consist of short, mostly humorous essays written for the 'Diario Minimo' column of the Italian literary magazine Il Verri As in many collections of essays, the best ones generally are at the beginning. For some reason, he tends to be most funny when dealing with the things that occur during his travels.I have liked Eco ever since The Name of the Rose (1980).
Then why have I not read more of his fiction and essays? That is a problem: I find Umberto Eco's Travels with a Salmon & Other Essays consist of short, mostly humorous essays written for the 'Diario Minimo' column of the Italian literary magazine Il Verri As in many collections of essays, the best ones generally are at the beginning. For some reason, he tends to be most funny when dealing with the things that occur during his travels.I have liked Eco ever since The Name of the Rose (1980). Then why have I not read more of his fiction and essays? That is a problem: I find myself liking someone, but get distracted by someone else. Note to myself: Do something about it! Maybe 3.5, but whatever.
A bit uneven, but at times truly enjoyable. While I get the sense that Mr Eco's highly erudite allusions are sometimes flying over my head, I did find myself laughing out loud at some stories (and even had some funny dreams after reading others). Loved the ones about over-analyzing lit, how to write an introduction for an art journal, his complaints about coffee servers, and the titular story especially.The one about animals and people still resonates today.I skipped th Maybe 3.5, but whatever. A bit uneven, but at times truly enjoyable.
While I get the sense that Mr Eco's highly erudite allusions are sometimes flying over my head, I did find myself laughing out loud at some stories (and even had some funny dreams after reading others). Loved the ones about over-analyzing lit, how to write an introduction for an art journal, his complaints about coffee servers, and the titular story especially.The one about animals and people still resonates today.I skipped the Malta one, though. As my beloved Daniel Pennac writes in one of his books on reader's bill of rights:2. The right to skip pages3. The right to not finishAnd this is what I did from page 156 until the end.
That was way too much for me.Eco was AMAZING, I truly think he was one of the best writers ever. But you really need to have an extended background on literature, philosophy, history, semiotics, basically EVERYTHING to be able to fully enjoy these essays. Sadly, I am not that person. I still want to give As my beloved Daniel Pennac writes in one of his books on reader's bill of rights:2. The right to skip pages3. The right to not finishAnd this is what I did from page 156 until the end.
That was way too much for me.Eco was AMAZING, I truly think he was one of the best writers ever. But you really need to have an extended background on literature, philosophy, history, semiotics, basically EVERYTHING to be able to fully enjoy these essays. Sadly, I am not that person.
I still want to give 4 stars because the contents are just superb and you easily grasp the infinite passion he put in writing this beauty. And the style. Oh, the style makes you fall in love! Like a lot of people, my introduction to Umberto Eco was.
This collection of short writings is my second time reading Eco, and it’s a remarkably different experience. Where The Name Of The Rose is a dense philosophical murder mystery, this is a collection mostly of “minimal diaries” in which Eco uses the advice-column format to satirize everything from travel, library rules and computer jargon to gadgets, Amtrak, art catalogs and the blurring of fact and fiction in media, as Like a lot of people, my introduction to Umberto Eco was. This collection of short writings is my second time reading Eco, and it’s a remarkably different experience. Where The Name Of The Rose is a dense philosophical murder mystery, this is a collection mostly of “minimal diaries” in which Eco uses the advice-column format to satirize everything from travel, library rules and computer jargon to gadgets, Amtrak, art catalogs and the blurring of fact and fiction in media, as well as more fantastical ideas like the challenges of creating and updating a 1:1 scale map. It’s often funny and playful in a way I didn’t expect from the same guy who wrote The Name Of The Rose – with minimal editing, many of these could have passed for entries in The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy.
The most interesting (and longest) piece in the book is a science-fiction(ish) story comprised of intergalactic communiques, declarations and documents between various human and alien military organizations dealing with various culture clashes, misunderstandings and bureaucracy. There’s no plot as such but Eco has a lot fun with the premise. A few essays either don't work or are too over my head, but overall I was delightfully surprised to discover Eco has a lighter side to his writing. This probably has to be Eco's lightest read ever; a collection of entertaining newspaper column articles, around 4 pages each, written in the late 80s and early 90s. Titles revolve around daily routine activities/events and Eco geniusly analyzes them with his renowned wit and intellect. He talks about how all taxi drivers in the world have one thing in common; in that they never have change. To avoid having one's unworthy notes and 'secret letters' published after death, Eco advises writers to i This probably has to be Eco's lightest read ever; a collection of entertaining newspaper column articles, around 4 pages each, written in the late 80s and early 90s.
Titles revolve around daily routine activities/events and Eco geniusly analyzes them with his renowned wit and intellect. He talks about how all taxi drivers in the world have one thing in common; in that they never have change. To avoid having one's unworthy notes and 'secret letters' published after death, Eco advises writers to include embarrassing references in all love letters such as 'I love everything about you, even your flatulence'. He analyzes pornographic movies and reveals in a quintessential Eco-style how the most difficult thing about producing them is creating a sense of normalcy in the movie, whereas producing all the other action is easy.The book is far from being a masterpiece, but is nevertheless an excellent read.
Don't let it be your first Eco reading, but if you're a fan of him you will love this. Bottom Line First: How to Travel with a Salmon is not a good introduction to Umberto Eco. It is a relaxing, mostly good humored collection for his fans. Some of these pieces are dated to the point of being quaint others have to limited audiences. This is the work of a man capable of very sophisticated and complex work. Here he is having some fun.
It is best read in that same frame of mind.Having been entangled and over my intellectual head in some of Umberto Eco's more serious essays, I find his Bottom Line First: How to Travel with a Salmon is not a good introduction to Umberto Eco. It is a relaxing, mostly good humored collection for his fans. Some of these pieces are dated to the point of being quaint others have to limited audiences. This is the work of a man capable of very sophisticated and complex work. Here he is having some fun.
It is best read in that same frame of mind.Having been entangled and over my intellectual head in some of Umberto Eco's more serious essays, I find his How to Travel with a Salmon to be a pleasant read.In this post 9/11 sensitive to security issues world his title essay about the problems of getting a fish onto an airplane, is almost quaint. I had some of the same feelings reading about his bureaucratic snarls in attempting to replace a stolen driver's licenses. Going back to his problems with the salmon, blaming his hotel bill on staff with poor language skills might have been funny before the issue of immigration into Europe became politicized. Now those same hotels tend to count any removal of the contents of an 'honor bar' as the same as consumption of those contents. So his intention to preserve his salmon and the staff's lack of lingua franca aside, he would still be out of pocket for refilling the in room ice box.His essays about making a 1:1 map of a country is a lovely skewering of academia and 'logical' argument, but not as much fun as his pastiche of academese about the 3 owls poem. I do not have enough background to pick up all the barbs at the various writers mentioned but the overall effect is a humorous shot across the bow of a class of desperately pretentious, trivial papers.Many of the other short pieces in this short collection come off as grumpy old guy complaining about have to travel to too many conferences where he will be a star attraction.
Hardly a common enough problem to be as sympathetic as intended. His essay about the cell phone in public needs only slight updating to apply to folks who can only be recognized by the tops of their heads, as they are always bent over texting into their smart phones. A good casual reflection of Eco's genius and sense of humor, How to Travel is an oddball mix of short essays and fiction. Most pieces follow the 'how-to' title format, with satiric content. Of note are the title essay, 'How to Justify a Private Library,' 'How to Write an Introduction,' 'How to Watch out for Widows,' and 'How to Organize a Public Library.' These have a rather matte sheen of cultural commentary on travel, life as an intellectual (I know, but Eco breaks the shiny celebrity life int A good casual reflection of Eco's genius and sense of humor, How to Travel is an oddball mix of short essays and fiction. Most pieces follow the 'how-to' title format, with satiric content.
Of note are the title essay, 'How to Justify a Private Library,' 'How to Write an Introduction,' 'How to Watch out for Widows,' and 'How to Organize a Public Library.' These have a rather matte sheen of cultural commentary on travel, life as an intellectual (I know, but Eco breaks the shiny celebrity life into rather hilarious pieces) and even issues like cultural representation and pacing in movies. Their reassuring rhythm stays fresh in this way: they always begin on-topic, precisely, but then take a very specific turn, and follow whatever conceit has been chosen to an appropriate closing point. Though most columnists induce involuntary urges in me to hit my head against the nearest wall, I'd gladly subscribe to a magazine that featured this kind of thing, if I could read Italian and Eco were in any state to be writing.The pieces which don't fit into this pattern provide nice change of pace and are completely unexpected. 'Stars and Stripes' gets a little distracted by its own details, but is a brilliant little sci-fi sidetrack. 'On the Impossibility of Drawing a map of the Empire on a Scale of 1 to 1' shows the extent of imagination which makes Eco successful in so many other ventures. 'Editorial Revision' is clever and delightful, but I won't pretend to follow all of it; along with 'Sequels' and a few of the other literary pieces it was a demonstration of the depth of Eco's reading but not all accessible for those who haven't a complete knowledge of the classics.The closing essay is tender, kind, and loyal, all without giving up the honesty of telling about one's hometown or the historic rigor characteristic to Eco's writing, and gives the perfect bittersweet closing to a book unified only by the author's perspective.
I've been meaning to read 'How to Travel with a Salmon and Other Essays' for quite some time. Recently,while travelling by plane I found myself in want of something lighter than the technical text with which I had been previously occupying myself. Paging through the catalogue on my kindle I stumbled upon this gem and, recalling what I had read about Eco and given that this was a collection of essays, I opened it up and dove in.I was immediately taken by the titles of the chapters, each reading l I've been meaning to read 'How to Travel with a Salmon and Other Essays' for quite some time. Recently,while travelling by plane I found myself in want of something lighter than the technical text with which I had been previously occupying myself. Paging through the catalogue on my kindle I stumbled upon this gem and, recalling what I had read about Eco and given that this was a collection of essays, I opened it up and dove in.I was immediately taken by the titles of the chapters, each reading like the heading of a chapter in a self-help book rather than a collection of essays of a world-renown author. I should have realized what I was getting into with the title being 'How to Travel with a Salmon and Other Essays' and all.And so I started the first, titular essay, 'How to Travel with a Salmon'. I won't go into any spoilers but have to say that somehow Eco makes a very banal experience, like travelling with some food, into an entertaining story.
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While reading 'How to Replace a Driver's License', it felt as though Eco was describing a modern experience in a department of motor vehicles. His incisive wit and skillful use of hyperbole makes reading about these ordinary experiences not only relateable but even.I don't know how to put this—it made me reflect on similar experiences I've had and my composure in the moment.There are so many amazing essays in here, some wayyyy more surreal than others, but none take themselves too seriously and all are a joy to read. Umberto Eco was an Italian writer of fiction, essays, academic texts, and children's books. A professor of semiotics at the University of Bologna, Eco’s brilliant fiction is known for its playful use of language and symbols, its astonishing array of allusions and references, and clever use of puzzles and narrative inventions. His perceptive essays on modern culture are filled with a delightful sen Umberto Eco was an Italian writer of fiction, essays, academic texts, and children's books. A professor of semiotics at the University of Bologna, Eco’s brilliant fiction is known for its playful use of language and symbols, its astonishing array of allusions and references, and clever use of puzzles and narrative inventions. His perceptive essays on modern culture are filled with a delightful sense of humor and irony, and his ideas on semiotics, interpretation, and aesthetics have established his reputation as one of academia’s foremost thinkers.
It's a pretty hard task to speak out your mind -truthfully- about important people's writings.Umberto Eco is a well known and highly celebrated for his works, philosopher, writer, anthropologist, sociologist and so on, but that doesn't exclude him from critics, ratings and reviews and it shouldn't either.This particular collection is filled with articles targeting mundane vexations of modern life -that he radically hates- and what enables us to face them. Whilst the reader can identify a great m It's a pretty hard task to speak out your mind -truthfully- about important people's writings.Umberto Eco is a well known and highly celebrated for his works, philosopher, writer, anthropologist, sociologist and so on, but that doesn't exclude him from critics, ratings and reviews and it shouldn't either.This particular collection is filled with articles targeting mundane vexations of modern life -that he radically hates- and what enables us to face them. Whilst the reader can identify a great mind, a very educated and interesting individual behind those essays, the elitism is too obvious and a very alienating factor in my opinion.Although i'm not a big fan and i find his books mostly overrated, i can not but acknowledge the subtly cynical and quite humorous attacks in things and situations that even now 30 years or so after he wrote most of those pieces, are still relevant. He lambastes bureaucracy, technology, the political scene in general, in his very distinguish way, but he surely misses the mark on some levels sounding more like an overly dramatic broken record.The academic pieces were stronger, very influential and provided food for thought and those were definitely my favorite along with the first one, while the rest were sub-par.
All in all 2,5 stars for this interesting and versatile collection of essays. It is funny to me now how forward thinking Eco was in terms of the mobile phone, the subject of my favorite essay in this book. In 1992, when the devices were still a rarity, he likened a mobile phone not to a luxury item for the important, but as a dog collar for the servants. I don't remember the exact words anymore, but his main point seemed to be, 'If you are really important, you have someone else take care of that stuff for you; you are not at anyone's beck and call.' It changed my view th It is funny to me now how forward thinking Eco was in terms of the mobile phone, the subject of my favorite essay in this book.
In 1992, when the devices were still a rarity, he likened a mobile phone not to a luxury item for the important, but as a dog collar for the servants. I don't remember the exact words anymore, but his main point seemed to be, 'If you are really important, you have someone else take care of that stuff for you; you are not at anyone's beck and call.' It changed my view then and holds true now more than ever. Hilarity is what we can find while reading this sequel of his 'Misreadings' (Picador 1994) since Umberto Eco has written like a true professor as aptly credited to St.
Augustine I read somewhere some years ago, that is, 'St. Augustine wrote like a professor' to verify, Would any GR friend please inform me if you know its reference?.
This of course has proven one thing, that is, writing is one of the tough, grinding and formidable processes essential to all good and great professors worldwide f Hilarity is what we can find while reading this sequel of his 'Misreadings' (Picador 1994) since Umberto Eco has written like a true professor as aptly credited to St. Augustine I read somewhere some years ago, that is, 'St. Augustine wrote like a professor' to verify, Would any GR friend please inform me if you know its reference?.
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This of course has proven one thing, that is, writing is one of the tough, grinding and formidable processes essential to all good and great professors worldwide for their students, colleagues and readers in the name of scholarship. That's the reason why Sir Francis Bacon states in his 50th Essay, 'Of Studies,' that 'writing an exact man.' Today I decided to finish reading its remaining 9 essays; I found the following excerpts interestingly amusing:1. To avoid accidents you must then say you have changed your mind and, instead of the corner of Seventh and Fourteenth, you want to go to Charlton Street. The driver will then have a tantrum, slam on the breaks, and make you get out, because New York drivers know only the streets with numbers and not those with names. For the animal lover I would advise Bio/Bet.
You slip it around your dog's neck and it emits untrasounds (Pmbc Circuit) that kill fleas. And it costs only $25. I don't know whether, applied to your own body, it would eliminate crabs; I'd be afraid of overkill. Batteries not included.
The dog has to go out and buy his own. I replaced the volume. Perhaps it, too, contains false information. But I realized that a man has to belong to something, if he doesn't want to feel like nothing.
Italy's notorious P2 Lodge has been dissolved, while the Opus Dei has lost all secrecy and is now on everyone's lips. I have made my choice: the Italian Recorder Society. One, True, Ancient, and Accepted. 130)etc.Find a copy and enjoy! “I like the notion of stubborn incuriosity.
To cultivate a stubborn incuriosity, you have to limit yourself to certain areas of knowledge. You cannot be totally greedy. You have tooblige yourself not to learn everything. Or else you will learn nothing.” - Umberto Eco (1932-2016)Probably not the first Umberto Eco one would pick up, but this caught my eye at a quaint hotel in Matheran.It is a series of articles, with topics from one's daily routine, taken forward via witty, haphazard thoughts. Fr “I like the notion of stubborn incuriosity. To cultivate a stubborn incuriosity, you have to limit yourself to certain areas of knowledge. You cannot be totally greedy.
You have tooblige yourself not to learn everything. Or else you will learn nothing.” - Umberto Eco (1932-2016)Probably not the first Umberto Eco one would pick up, but this caught my eye at a quaint hotel in Matheran.It is a series of articles, with topics from one's daily routine, taken forward via witty, haphazard thoughts. From losing your driver's license, to issues when traveling outside your home country, this one is sure to leave you in splits.They are in the vein of V.Gangadhar's articles in the Hindu's Sunday edition. I had bought a compilation of his articles some 5 years ago, and I guess it is about time I give that a shot too.Umberto Eco passed away earlier this year, and I'm glad in his time on earth he managed to extrapolate every travail into a thought of humorous fantasy.
Favs:, and.Secretly skipped:, and.Secretly skipped:,. Umberto Eco's Travels with a Salmon & Other Essays consist of short, mostly humorous essays written for the 'Diario Minimo' column of the Italian literary magazine Il Verri As in many collections of essays, the best ones generally are at the beginning. For some reason, he tends to be most funny when dealing with the things that occur during his travels.I have liked Eco ever since The Name of the Rose (1980).
Then why have I not read more of his fiction and essays? That is a problem: I find Umberto Eco's Travels with a Salmon & Other Essays consist of short, mostly humorous essays written for the 'Diario Minimo' column of the Italian literary magazine Il Verri As in many collections of essays, the best ones generally are at the beginning. For some reason, he tends to be most funny when dealing with the things that occur during his travels.I have liked Eco ever since The Name of the Rose (1980). Then why have I not read more of his fiction and essays? That is a problem: I find myself liking someone, but get distracted by someone else. Note to myself: Do something about it!
Maybe 3.5, but whatever. A bit uneven, but at times truly enjoyable. While I get the sense that Mr Eco's highly erudite allusions are sometimes flying over my head, I did find myself laughing out loud at some stories (and even had some funny dreams after reading others).
Loved the ones about over-analyzing lit, how to write an introduction for an art journal, his complaints about coffee servers, and the titular story especially.The one about animals and people still resonates today.I skipped th Maybe 3.5, but whatever. A bit uneven, but at times truly enjoyable. While I get the sense that Mr Eco's highly erudite allusions are sometimes flying over my head, I did find myself laughing out loud at some stories (and even had some funny dreams after reading others). Loved the ones about over-analyzing lit, how to write an introduction for an art journal, his complaints about coffee servers, and the titular story especially.The one about animals and people still resonates today.I skipped the Malta one, though.
As my beloved Daniel Pennac writes in one of his books on reader's bill of rights:2. The right to skip pages3. The right to not finishAnd this is what I did from page 156 until the end. That was way too much for me.Eco was AMAZING, I truly think he was one of the best writers ever. But you really need to have an extended background on literature, philosophy, history, semiotics, basically EVERYTHING to be able to fully enjoy these essays. Sadly, I am not that person.
I still want to give As my beloved Daniel Pennac writes in one of his books on reader's bill of rights:2. The right to skip pages3. The right to not finishAnd this is what I did from page 156 until the end. That was way too much for me.Eco was AMAZING, I truly think he was one of the best writers ever.
But you really need to have an extended background on literature, philosophy, history, semiotics, basically EVERYTHING to be able to fully enjoy these essays. Sadly, I am not that person. I still want to give 4 stars because the contents are just superb and you easily grasp the infinite passion he put in writing this beauty. And the style. Oh, the style makes you fall in love!
Like a lot of people, my introduction to Umberto Eco was. This collection of short writings is my second time reading Eco, and it’s a remarkably different experience. Where The Name Of The Rose is a dense philosophical murder mystery, this is a collection mostly of “minimal diaries” in which Eco uses the advice-column format to satirize everything from travel, library rules and computer jargon to gadgets, Amtrak, art catalogs and the blurring of fact and fiction in media, as Like a lot of people, my introduction to Umberto Eco was. This collection of short writings is my second time reading Eco, and it’s a remarkably different experience. Where The Name Of The Rose is a dense philosophical murder mystery, this is a collection mostly of “minimal diaries” in which Eco uses the advice-column format to satirize everything from travel, library rules and computer jargon to gadgets, Amtrak, art catalogs and the blurring of fact and fiction in media, as well as more fantastical ideas like the challenges of creating and updating a 1:1 scale map. It’s often funny and playful in a way I didn’t expect from the same guy who wrote The Name Of The Rose – with minimal editing, many of these could have passed for entries in The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy. The most interesting (and longest) piece in the book is a science-fiction(ish) story comprised of intergalactic communiques, declarations and documents between various human and alien military organizations dealing with various culture clashes, misunderstandings and bureaucracy.
There’s no plot as such but Eco has a lot fun with the premise. A few essays either don't work or are too over my head, but overall I was delightfully surprised to discover Eco has a lighter side to his writing.
This probably has to be Eco's lightest read ever; a collection of entertaining newspaper column articles, around 4 pages each, written in the late 80s and early 90s. Titles revolve around daily routine activities/events and Eco geniusly analyzes them with his renowned wit and intellect. He talks about how all taxi drivers in the world have one thing in common; in that they never have change. To avoid having one's unworthy notes and 'secret letters' published after death, Eco advises writers to i This probably has to be Eco's lightest read ever; a collection of entertaining newspaper column articles, around 4 pages each, written in the late 80s and early 90s. Titles revolve around daily routine activities/events and Eco geniusly analyzes them with his renowned wit and intellect. He talks about how all taxi drivers in the world have one thing in common; in that they never have change.
To avoid having one's unworthy notes and 'secret letters' published after death, Eco advises writers to include embarrassing references in all love letters such as 'I love everything about you, even your flatulence'. He analyzes pornographic movies and reveals in a quintessential Eco-style how the most difficult thing about producing them is creating a sense of normalcy in the movie, whereas producing all the other action is easy.The book is far from being a masterpiece, but is nevertheless an excellent read. Don't let it be your first Eco reading, but if you're a fan of him you will love this. Bottom Line First: How to Travel with a Salmon is not a good introduction to Umberto Eco.
It is a relaxing, mostly good humored collection for his fans. Some of these pieces are dated to the point of being quaint others have to limited audiences. This is the work of a man capable of very sophisticated and complex work.
Here he is having some fun. It is best read in that same frame of mind.Having been entangled and over my intellectual head in some of Umberto Eco's more serious essays, I find his Bottom Line First: How to Travel with a Salmon is not a good introduction to Umberto Eco. It is a relaxing, mostly good humored collection for his fans. Some of these pieces are dated to the point of being quaint others have to limited audiences.
This is the work of a man capable of very sophisticated and complex work. Here he is having some fun. It is best read in that same frame of mind.Having been entangled and over my intellectual head in some of Umberto Eco's more serious essays, I find his How to Travel with a Salmon to be a pleasant read.In this post 9/11 sensitive to security issues world his title essay about the problems of getting a fish onto an airplane, is almost quaint. I had some of the same feelings reading about his bureaucratic snarls in attempting to replace a stolen driver's licenses.
Going back to his problems with the salmon, blaming his hotel bill on staff with poor language skills might have been funny before the issue of immigration into Europe became politicized. Now those same hotels tend to count any removal of the contents of an 'honor bar' as the same as consumption of those contents. So his intention to preserve his salmon and the staff's lack of lingua franca aside, he would still be out of pocket for refilling the in room ice box.His essays about making a 1:1 map of a country is a lovely skewering of academia and 'logical' argument, but not as much fun as his pastiche of academese about the 3 owls poem.
I do not have enough background to pick up all the barbs at the various writers mentioned but the overall effect is a humorous shot across the bow of a class of desperately pretentious, trivial papers.Many of the other short pieces in this short collection come off as grumpy old guy complaining about have to travel to too many conferences where he will be a star attraction. Hardly a common enough problem to be as sympathetic as intended. His essay about the cell phone in public needs only slight updating to apply to folks who can only be recognized by the tops of their heads, as they are always bent over texting into their smart phones. A good casual reflection of Eco's genius and sense of humor, How to Travel is an oddball mix of short essays and fiction.
Most pieces follow the 'how-to' title format, with satiric content. Of note are the title essay, 'How to Justify a Private Library,' 'How to Write an Introduction,' 'How to Watch out for Widows,' and 'How to Organize a Public Library.' These have a rather matte sheen of cultural commentary on travel, life as an intellectual (I know, but Eco breaks the shiny celebrity life int A good casual reflection of Eco's genius and sense of humor, How to Travel is an oddball mix of short essays and fiction.
Most pieces follow the 'how-to' title format, with satiric content. Of note are the title essay, 'How to Justify a Private Library,' 'How to Write an Introduction,' 'How to Watch out for Widows,' and 'How to Organize a Public Library.' These have a rather matte sheen of cultural commentary on travel, life as an intellectual (I know, but Eco breaks the shiny celebrity life into rather hilarious pieces) and even issues like cultural representation and pacing in movies. Their reassuring rhythm stays fresh in this way: they always begin on-topic, precisely, but then take a very specific turn, and follow whatever conceit has been chosen to an appropriate closing point. Though most columnists induce involuntary urges in me to hit my head against the nearest wall, I'd gladly subscribe to a magazine that featured this kind of thing, if I could read Italian and Eco were in any state to be writing.The pieces which don't fit into this pattern provide nice change of pace and are completely unexpected.
'Stars and Stripes' gets a little distracted by its own details, but is a brilliant little sci-fi sidetrack. 'On the Impossibility of Drawing a map of the Empire on a Scale of 1 to 1' shows the extent of imagination which makes Eco successful in so many other ventures. 'Editorial Revision' is clever and delightful, but I won't pretend to follow all of it; along with 'Sequels' and a few of the other literary pieces it was a demonstration of the depth of Eco's reading but not all accessible for those who haven't a complete knowledge of the classics.The closing essay is tender, kind, and loyal, all without giving up the honesty of telling about one's hometown or the historic rigor characteristic to Eco's writing, and gives the perfect bittersweet closing to a book unified only by the author's perspective. I've been meaning to read 'How to Travel with a Salmon and Other Essays' for quite some time. Recently,while travelling by plane I found myself in want of something lighter than the technical text with which I had been previously occupying myself. Paging through the catalogue on my kindle I stumbled upon this gem and, recalling what I had read about Eco and given that this was a collection of essays, I opened it up and dove in.I was immediately taken by the titles of the chapters, each reading l I've been meaning to read 'How to Travel with a Salmon and Other Essays' for quite some time. Recently,while travelling by plane I found myself in want of something lighter than the technical text with which I had been previously occupying myself.
Paging through the catalogue on my kindle I stumbled upon this gem and, recalling what I had read about Eco and given that this was a collection of essays, I opened it up and dove in.I was immediately taken by the titles of the chapters, each reading like the heading of a chapter in a self-help book rather than a collection of essays of a world-renown author. I should have realized what I was getting into with the title being 'How to Travel with a Salmon and Other Essays' and all.And so I started the first, titular essay, 'How to Travel with a Salmon'. I won't go into any spoilers but have to say that somehow Eco makes a very banal experience, like travelling with some food, into an entertaining story. While reading 'How to Replace a Driver's License', it felt as though Eco was describing a modern experience in a department of motor vehicles.
His incisive wit and skillful use of hyperbole makes reading about these ordinary experiences not only relateable but even.I don't know how to put this—it made me reflect on similar experiences I've had and my composure in the moment.There are so many amazing essays in here, some wayyyy more surreal than others, but none take themselves too seriously and all are a joy to read. Umberto Eco was an Italian writer of fiction, essays, academic texts, and children's books. A professor of semiotics at the University of Bologna, Eco’s brilliant fiction is known for its playful use of language and symbols, its astonishing array of allusions and references, and clever use of puzzles and narrative inventions. His perceptive essays on modern culture are filled with a delightful sen Umberto Eco was an Italian writer of fiction, essays, academic texts, and children's books. A professor of semiotics at the University of Bologna, Eco’s brilliant fiction is known for its playful use of language and symbols, its astonishing array of allusions and references, and clever use of puzzles and narrative inventions.
His perceptive essays on modern culture are filled with a delightful sense of humor and irony, and his ideas on semiotics, interpretation, and aesthetics have established his reputation as one of academia’s foremost thinkers.