Chernyi iashchik i drugie nenuzhnye veshchi. Vtoroi kratkii dnevnik: esse - Eko Umberto

Umberto Eco again undertakes to stimulate the work of our brain, using perhaps the most pleasant tool for this kind of purpose - humor. In the book "Black Box and other unnecessary things. The second short diary" (in Italy was published under the name Il secondo diario minimo) published his ironic essays on a variety of topics, including not only funny parodies, but also, as the professor himself says, "just jokes devoid of any kind moralizing the subtext," and adds: "However, I don't see the need for any ideological justifications, it will be enough to simply repeat the words of Aldo Palatzeschi: "Let me have some fun."