Misreadings

Satirical essays in which Eco pokes fun at the oversophisticated, the overacademic, and the overintellectual and makes penetrating comments about our modern mass culture and the elitist avant-garde. “A scintillating collection of writings” (Los Angeles Times). Translated by William Weaver. A Helen and Kurt Wolff Book Contents......Page 3 Misreadings......Page 5 Preface......Page 6 Granita......Page 12 Fragments......Page 20 The Socratic Strip......Page 32 Regretfully, We Are Returning Your ....... Readers' Reports......Page 38 Esquisse d'un nouveau chat......Page 52 The Latest from Heaven......Page 58 The Thing......Page 67 Industry and Sexual Repression in a Po Valley Society......Page 74 The End Is at Hand......Page 99 Letter to My Son......Page 122 The Discovery of America......Page 140 Make Your Own Movie......Page 150 The Phenomenology of Mike Bongiorno......Page 161 My Exagmination......Page 170 "Satirical essays in which Eco pokes fun at the oversophisticated, the overacademic, and the overintellectual and makes penetrating comments about our modern mass culture and the elitist avant-garde."--Publisher's description