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În 1204, în timpul asediului Constantinopolului, un oarecare Baudolino îl salvează de la moarte pe istoricul Nicetas Choniates, căruia îi spune povestea uimitoare a vieții sale. Pe când era copil, a fermecat cu istețimea sa un comandant militar întâlnit într-o pădure, care se dovedește a fi însuși împăratul Frederic Barbarossa. Adoptat de acesta și trimis la Paris, la universitate, Baudolino pornește într-o fabuloasă expediție spre regatul Preotului Ioan, regele-prelat care domnește peste un tărâm fantastic din Orient, populat de creaturi cu ochi pe piept și guri pe stomac, de eunuci, unicorni și fecioare încântătoare.
About the author
Umberto Eco was born in Alessandria, Italy on January 5, 1932. He received a doctorate of philosophy from the University of Turin in 1954. His first book, Il Problema Estetico in San Tommaso, was an extension of his doctoral thesis on St. Thomas Aquinas and was published in 1956. His first novel, The Name of the Rose, was published in 1980 and won the Premio Strega and the Premio Anghiar awards in 1981. In 1986, it was adapted into a movie starring Sean Connery. His other works include Foucault's Pendulum, The Island of the Day Before, Baudolino, The Prague Cemetery, and Numero Zero. He also wrote children's books and more than 20 nonfiction books including Serendipities: Language and Lunacy. He taught philosophy and then semiotics at the University of Bologna. He also wrote weekly columns on popular culture and politics for L'Espresso. He died from cancer on February 19, 2016 at the age of 84.
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