Umberto Eco, Part 1 | Nov. 16, 2011 | Appel Salon

[@kathrynoneill81]

An excellent interview! I was there but now I have read the book Pragus Cemetary, and have a much better appreciation of this complex historically-based novel. The main character is disgusting, but as a fictional character, there is an underlying humour to his crazy racism. Great book, but the Name of the Rose is still Eco's finest masterpiece.

[@deckardplisken]

I'm reading the book right now & it's already mindblowing. I'm only 50 pages into it & my mind is overflowing. I can tell this is going to be one hell of a ride!

[@gabrielv.4573]

R. I. P. dear Professor Eco.

[@bakerofbedlam4520]

Talented man and author, reading the Prague Cemetery now, it's excellent, very much a grown up novel.

[@AAwildeone]

Eco is a hero of mine. As is Harold Bloom, famous as a critic of "important" writers; did they ever meet; or comment on one another?

[@Adfnews]

Hoping to reach a small part of your affectionate readers with my next novel, egregio professore🙏🏻

[@AAwildeone]

And what of a great writer in the same vein as an Eco....Gore Vidal comes to mind....HISTORY is incredibly important, but more things are important - like facts - than when you just make it all up!

[@kirastus]

Wondering if there is any interview with Milan Kundera available...

[@stephensharp3033]

Umberto was at Waterloo.

[@lemonadegrave]

And in the end, there was Facebook.

[@lukastasca]

Who couldn't love Simone Simonini?

[@mornek]

@ anthonyspork Apparently :)

[@anthonyspork]

Wait a second Simonini was supposed to be evil??

[@danielisabella9241]

Maestro e Nobel mancato. Viva Alessandria.

[@GoyaGokou]

Just watching this makes me feel like some 80 year old WASP.