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Sep.21.2012 Nº92 The Browning Solution Some while back I posted a blog about a novel I was writing featuring alchemy, Arthurian legend, the foundation myths of Mont St. Michel, and all manner of convoluted but oddly compelling tosh that I was struggling to conjure into a coherent narrative. The aim was to weave together...	Nov.25.2011 "Literature is a perverse game." - An Interview With Umberto Eco I am so glad that there are still authors as intense and convoluted as Umberto Eco. And I am doubly content that they continue to get published. His novels are works for which you have to work. He is such a relief from the facile. Here is an interview with him plus an excerpt of his new novel....
Feb.15.2011 The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco--Very Important and Well-written Historical Fiction Genius on every page, one of those classics that will live forever in those who read it. The first historical fiction I read; made me want to do it myself. Gets you caught up in Roger Bacon, etc., whether you're normally nerdy like that or not. Total immersion in the time. The mystery itself is...	Feb.13.2011 Historical (Mystery) Fiction Done Well--Iain Pears' An Instance of the Fingerpost An Instance of the Fingerpost Before this, the only historical fiction I'd read was Eco's The Name of the Rose--also a great book. This one is slightly better: It made me feel like I was physically in every scene. Really immerses you into the time. The four different POVs are also ingenuously...
Jun.03.2010 A Medieval Detective Brother William in The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco must investigate a series of murders in an abbey in 12th century Italy. He is a lover of the ancient classics and is as determined to discover the secret library which houses works by Plato and Aristotle as he is to find the culprit responsible...	Feb.11.2010 The Name of the Rose My Book Recommendation: In The Name Of The Rose Title: The Name of the RoseAuthor: Umberto EcoPaperback: 512 pages Publisher: Vintage; New edition edition (31 Jan 2004) Language English ISBN-10: 0099466031 ISBN-13: 978-0099466031 Product Dimensions: 19.4 x 12.8 x 3.2 ...
Jan.20.2010 The Slush Pile The Slush Pile Let us consider the slush pile. David Patterson, a senior editor at Henry Holt, whose taste in books I admire greatly, sent me an article from The Wall Street Journal online entitled: "The Death of the Slushpile." Way back when, the slush pile was an uncomplimentary term...	Jan.08.2009 THE POWER OF SOME AUTHORS Drenka Willen Returns! Günter Grass' Editor Hauled Back to HMH by Leon Neyfakh Drenka Willen was just one of many individuals—including one woman seven months pregnant and another on maternity leave—to be hastily laid off last month from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt amid budget cuts. She is, however...