The Infinity of Lists – Umberto Eco
by Max Rashbrooke • January 7, 2010 • Book reviews, Time Out • 0 Comments
Why are we so obsessed with making lists? It is this question that Umberto Eco, the philosopher, medievalist and writer best-known for ‘The Name of the Rose’, sets out to answer in his latest piece of non-fiction. The result is a dazzling, sometimes dizzying, tour through two millennia of tables, lists and categories, supported...
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