Chelovek bez nadezhdy. Ital'iantsy u sebia doma. Kn. 2 (r1) - Eko Umberto

The book of the legendary writer Umberto Eco includes an essay on the Italian neo-avant-garde, the materials of the discussion about the "left" culture and more. As always, ironic intonation, humor and a healthy share of skepticism sound in conversation about serious and important - about events in the political, social and cultural life of the country. Being a man of encyclopedic knowledge, he so successfully plays with words, putting in them different meanings, that the reader, enjoying the language game and verbal pictures, willingly or unwittingly goes from simple to complex and easily approaching understanding what the master wanted to say. Essays collected under one cover were published in the best Italian periodicals in the 1960s and early 1970s, but the statute of years does not detract from the merits or relevance of Professor Eco's texts - what he said remains modern today, in ours turbulent age, and sometimes ahead of time.