Dull Echo

[RICHARD ROMEO]

What I find disappointing in Eco is the distance this reader feels from 
most of his characters.  Sure there's lots of erudition and such but 
fundamentally his books lack heart, sweat, breathing, suffering 
characters.  there's just a bunch of talking heads with names.  
Literature should serve humankind not vice-versa to quote a drunken 
Irishman.  Foucault's Pendulum was pretty cold without being engaging, I 
tried the Island, pretty dull.   Just my own opinion.  



Richard Romeo

Coordinator of Cooperating Collections

The Foundation Center-NYC

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