If on a Winter's Night a Traveller

[Ya Sam]

I've read all his novels, some twice. I think that 'The Island..' is a very 
good but unfortunately underestimated novel.  From non-fiction I've read his 
'Poetics of Joyce', 'Six Walks in Fictional Woods' and 'Mouse or Rat' about 
translation, some 5-6 more are tbr.


>From: bekah <bekah0176 at sbcglobal.net>
>To: "Ya Sam" <takoitov at hotmail.com>, pynchon-l at waste.org
>Subject: Re: If on a Winter's Night a Traveller
>Date: Wed, 27 Dec 2006 10:03:41 -0800
>
>At 5:12 PM +0200 12/27/06, Ya Sam wrote:
>>  I ordered Umberto Eco's 'Foucault's Pendulum' but they sent to me 'The 
>>Island of the Day Before', so, I thought, what the hell, read it and kept 
>>it. I'm pretty sure that many of you also had similar 
>>frustrating/unexpected adventures with books. And Calvino's ability to 
>>imitate different styles is also very impressive.
>
>I certainly hope you got a chance to read other books by Eco!   "The Island 
>of the Day Before" is,  imho (but I'm not alone),  his weakest.   
>Foucault's Pendulum is his best followed by The Name of the Rose,  
>Baudolino,  The Mysterious Flame of Queen Leona and finally,  TIotDB.    
>I've also read some non-fiction and would recommend How to Travel with a 
>Salmon,  Travels in Hyper-Reality (especially if you have any connection to 
>Southern California),  Six Walks in a Fictional Woods probably in reverse 
>order but take your pick.    I'd stay away from the heavy duty history and 
>semiotic texts unless you really are into that sort of thing.  I have "On 
>Literature" here in  ye  olde TBR piles  but it seems to be comprised of 
>readings  of specific books more than generalizations about literature.
>
>Bekah

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