About this ebook
Pendulul lui Foucault este un roman elaborat cu ingeniozitate inginerească, în care misterul ia naștere printr-o banală întîmplare. Trei redactori ai unei edituri de texte ezoterice construiesc, printr-un pur joc intelectual, ipoteza misterioasă a unui Complot uriaș, inițiat de Cavalerii Templieri (după dizolvarea Ordinului de către regele Franței) pentru păstrarea în custodie a Secretului absolut al cunoașterii și al puterii. Tot jocul pornește de la un manuscris delirant și ia proporțiile unui „vîrtej“ care, de la un anumit punct, nu mai poate fi dominat de inițiatorii lui. Cuvintele (semnele) se răzbună chiar pe cei care le manevrează, în momentul în care aceștia transformă jocul combinatoriu în scop în sine.
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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