- Published: 5 November 2019
- ISBN: 9781787301450
- Imprint: Harvill Secker
- Format: Hardback
- Pages: 416
- RRP: $65.00
On the Shoulders of Giants
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- Published: 5 November 2019
- ISBN: 9781787301450
- Imprint: Harvill Secker
- Format: Hardback
- Pages: 416
- RRP: $65.00
Unlike many academics, he [Eco] had the ability to write in an accessible and engaging style… This book consists of 12 essays… Reading them is exhilarating… Almost every page of this entrancing book invites questions and provokes reflections
Allan Massie, Scotsman
On the Shoulders of Giants…captures Eco on some of his most generous and scintillating form as a lecturer, breezing along with a lifetime’s material at his fingertips
Tim Smith-Laing, Daily Telegraph