cdmackay;412293 Wrote: > Teus de Jong wrote: > > Lets make a comparison here. If someone has read Umberto Eco's novel > > 'The name of the rose', the impact of this novel will totally depend > on > > the background knowledge of this person. The beautiful thing about > this > > novel is that you don't need any background knowledge to appreciate > the > > book. > > no, but you certainly need some patience and perseverance; I find it > hard-going, albeit rewarding. > > warning: don't expect "the book of the film" :) > > cheers, > c.
Yes, "The Name of the Rose" can be a tough at times but it's a little easier to understand than some of Eco's other novels. "The Island of the Day Before" is one of my favorites and I'm still not sure that I even understood about half of it. Sometimes Eco reads like the Italian Thomas Pynchon, they both take more than a little work to get through their books but the extra effort is always well rewarded. Sorry for going so far off topic but I think things needed a break for a post or two. I find it revealing to read about the forum members' other interests aside from audio, music and computers. Literature is as good an "other interest" to delve into as anything else. -- ralphpnj Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels -> Snatch -> The Transporter -> Transporter 2 'Last.fm' (http://www.last.fm/user/jazzfann/) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ralphpnj's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10827 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=61877 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
