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Lucia Perillo: IMG The Polymorph's Perversity

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Foucault's Pendulum

by Umberto Eco

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Publisher Comments:

Three Milan editors, who have spent much time rewriting crackpot manuscripts on the occult, decide to have a little fun. Their plan encompasses the secrets of the solar system, Satanic initiation rites, and Brazilian voodoo. A terrific joke--until people begin to disappear.

Synopsis:

A superb cerebral entertainment about three editors who cook up a hoax-involving the Templar Knights, Stonehenge, the Cabala, and Brazilian voodoo, among other things-that suddenly becomes all too real. Translated by William Weaver. A Helen and Kurt Wolff Book

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About the Author

Umberto Eco is a professor of semiotics at the University of Bologna and the best-selling author of numerous novels and essays. He lives in Italy.
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Product Details

ISBN:
9780151327652
Translator:
Weaver, William
Author:
Weaver, William
Author:
Eco
Author:
Eco, Umberto
Publisher:
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH)
Location:
San Diego :
Subject:
General
Subject:
Fiction
Subject:
Religions
Subject:
Thought and thinking
Subject:
Psychological fiction
Subject:
Alchemy
Subject:
Voodooism
Subject:
Occult fiction
Subject:
Foucault's pendulum
Subject:
Idolatry.
Subject:
Thought and thinking -- Problems, exercises, etc. -- Fiction.
Subject:
Occult fiction, Italian
Subject:
General Fiction
Subject:
General Fiction
Subject:
Literature-A to Z
Copyright:
1989
Edition Number:
1st trade ed.
Edition Description:
Trade Cloth
Series Volume:
26
Publication Date:
19891131
Binding:
HARDCOVER
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Yes
Pages:
656
Dimensions:
9.25 x 6.13 in 9.99 lb
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