Umberto Eco XII Eng.The Interview Ch-7

   Umberto Eco

    The Interview by Christopher Silvester 

Umberto Eco is a well-known professor of semiotics from the University of Bologna in Italy.

Umberto Eco was an Italian medievalist, philosopher, semiotician, novelist, cultural critic, and political and social commentator.He is known for his novel “The Name of the Rose”A detective novel.The Name of the Rose sold between 10 and 15 million copies in a world of 6 billion people, it meant that this particular number of people did not like easy reading experiences.

Umberto has written over forty academic articles as compared to the minimal number of five fictional novels.

Mukund starts the interview by quoting English novelist David Lodge who had remarked that Umberto Eco was one man capable of doing all things. Umberto replies that it is true that he gives the impression that he is doing a lot of things but is always convinced at the end that he is doing the same thing.

Umberto reveals his secret that he works in the empty spaces of lives which he calls interstices.

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