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EcoreturnstotheMiddleAgeswithBaudolino-awondrous,provocative,beguilingtaleofhistory,myth,andinvention.ItisApril,1204,andConstantinople,thesplendidcapitaloftheByzantineEmpire,isbeingsackedandburnedbytheknightsofthe
作者简介
UmbertoEco(born5January1932)isanItalianmedievalist,semiotician,philosopher,literarycriticandnovelist,bestknownforhisnovelTheNameoftheRose(Ilnomedellarosa,1980),anintellectualmysterycombiningsemioticsinfiction,biblicalanalysis,medievalstudiesandliterarytheory.His1988novelFoucault'sPendulumhasbeendescribedasa"thinkingperson'sDaVinciCode"[1].EcoisPresidentoftheScuolaSuperiorediStudiUmanistici,UniversityofBologna,andanHonoraryFellowofKelloggCollege,UniversityofOxford.[2]Hehasalsowrittenacademictexts,children’sbooksandmanyessays.