Turning Back the Clock is a brilliant collection of essays by one of the leading intellectuals of our time.
Umberto Eco (1932-2016) wrote fiction, literary criticism and philosophy. His first novel, The Name of the Rose, was a major international bestseller. His other works include Foucault's Pendulum, The Island of the Day Before, Baudolino, The Mysterious Flame of Queen Loana, The Prague Cemetery and Numero Zero along with many brilliant collections of essays.
Clever, fluent pieces...a human, sophisticated and wise book
*Sunday Times*
His lively, ironic intelligence dances on a global pincushion
*The Times*
Another collection of nimble, teasing, brilliant and infuriating
little essays and essaylets
*Guardian*
For the sheer depth and clarity of his learning and wisdom, Eco has
no living rival
*Harpers and Queen*
Eco's greatest virtue might be said to lie in his ability to
clarify the exact nature of our present perplexities. Eco is, on
the whole, lucid, logical and always firmly on the side of
civilisation
*Times Literary Supplement*
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