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Umberto Eco in conversation with Paul Holdengräber
Umberto Eco in conversation with Paul Holdengräber
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Length:
64 minutes
Released:
Feb 26, 2016
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Podcast episode
Description
RIP Umberto Eco, bestselling Italian author and semiotician perhaps best-known for his novel 'The Name of the Rose', who sadly died aged 84 earlier this week. This week's podcast revisits our event from November 2011, when we were lucky enough to host Eco as he discussed the persistence of conspiracies, the infinity of lists, the future of books, and writing fiction.
Eco was in conversation with Paul Holdengräber, Director of LIVE from the New York Public Library. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy
Eco was in conversation with Paul Holdengräber, Director of LIVE from the New York Public Library. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy
Released:
Feb 26, 2016
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (100)
Both Britain and the EU Would Be Happier if They got Divorced: Some people just can’t bring themselves to acknowledge that a relationship is over. Finished. Unsalvageable. David Cameron, for instance. His long awaited speech on Europe has been one big exercise in denial. Yes, we should stay married to Europe, he s... by Intelligence Squared