本書是艾柯在哈佛大學「諾頓講座」的演講集結而成（卡爾維諾的《給下一輪太平盛事的備忘錄》也是「諾頓講座」的演講集）。艾柯以符號學者、小說家的身份與讀者分享他身為讀者的私密心得，風趣一如《帶著鮭魚去旅行，淵博直追《玫瑰的名字》與《傅科擺》。蓄著落腮鬍的艾柯宛若在目前，透過厚厚的鏡片，慧黠、甚至不懷好意地看著讀者陶醉、崇拜、發笑、疑惑、發怒的模樣。 艾柯用意不在賣弄理論名詞，他只想讓讀者曉得，真實與虛構之間的那條線，或許根本不是我們所想像的那樣，「真作假時假亦真」，這座茂密的虛構森林，也或許比真實世界還要真實。

本書是艾柯在哈佛大學「諾頓講座」的演講集結而成（卡爾維諾的《給下一輪太平盛事的備忘錄》也是「諾頓講座」的演講集）。艾柯以符號學者、小說家的身份與讀者分享他身為讀者的私密心得，風趣一如《帶著鮭魚去旅行，淵博直追《玫瑰的名字》與《傅科擺》。蓄著落腮鬍的艾柯宛若在目前，透過厚厚的鏡片，慧黠、甚至不懷好意地看著讀者陶醉、崇拜、發笑、疑惑、發怒的模樣。 艾柯用意不在賣弄理論名詞，他只想讓讀者曉得，真實與虛構之間的那條線，或許根本不是我們所想像的那樣，「真作假時假亦真」，這座茂密的虛構森林，也或許比真實世界還要真實。

In this book, we accompany Umberto Eco as he explores the intricacies of fictional form and method. Using examples ranging from fairy tales and Flaubert, Poe and Mickey Spillane, Eco draws us in by means of a novelist's techniques, making us his collaborators in the creation of his text and in the investigation of some of fiction's most basic mechanisms.

"Come stroll with me through the leafy glades of narrative..." With Umberto Eco as companion and guide, who could resist such an invitation? In this exhilarating book, we accompany him as he explores the intricacies of fictional form and method. Eco draws us in by means of a novelist's techniques, making us his collaborators in the creation of his text and in the investigation ...(展开全部)

"Come stroll with me through the leafy glades of narrative..." With Umberto Eco as companion and guide, who could resist such an invitation? In this exhilarating book, we accompany him as he explores the intricacies of fictional form and method. Eco draws us in by means of a novelist's techniques, making us his collaborators in the creation of his text and in the investigation ...(展开全部)

In this book, we accompany Umberto Eco as he explores the intricacies of fictional form and method. Using examples ranging from fairy tales and Flaubert, Poe and Mickey Spillane, Eco draws us in by means of a novelist's techniques, making us his collaborators in the creation of his text and in the investigation of some of fiction's most basic mechanisms.

As dusk approaches a small Dublin suburb in the summer of 1984, mothers begin to call their children home. But on this warm evening, three children do not return from the dark and silent woods. When the police arrive, they find only one of the children gripping a tree trunk in terror, wearing blood-filled sneakers, and unable to recall a single detail of the previous hours. Twe...(展开全部)

This stunningly beautiful picture book from New York Times bestselling author-illustrator Eliza Wheeler is based on her grandmother's childhood and pays homage to a family's fortitude as they discover the meaning of home. Eliza Wheeler's gorgeously illustrated book tells the story of what happens when six-year-old Marvel, her seven siblings, and their mom must start all over ag...(展开全部)

After a 12-year-old Irish lad and his two pals fail to return from a day in the woods, searchers find only the terrified sixth grader-with blood-filled shoes and no memory of what happened. Now 32, the tragedy's sole survivor Rob Ryan is a detective on Dublin's Murder Squad. A current investigation takes Rob to the exact site of his childhood trauma. With the present case chill...(展开全部)

Book Description In her newest novel, the beloved Maeve Binchy brings us the voices of ordinary men and women deciding between the past and the promise of the future, as she vividly tells the story of a town, its history and its people. People have been coming to Saint Ann’s Well for generations. Some believe it to be a place of true spiritual power; others think it’s merely ...(展开全部)