How to Travel with a Salmon and Other Essays

How to Travel with a Salmon and Other Essays

How to Travel with a Salmon and Other Essays

How to Travel with a Salmon and Other Essays

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Overview

In these “impishly witty and ingeniously irreverent” essays (Atlantic Monthly), “the Andy Rooney of academia” (Los Angeles Times) takes on computer jargon, librarians, bureaucrats, meals on airplanes, bad coffee, taxi drivers, 33-function watches, soccer fans, and more. Translated by William Weaver. A Helen and Kurt Wolff Book

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780156001250
Publisher: HarperCollins
Publication date: 09/15/1995
Series: Harvest Book Series
Edition description: First Edition
Pages: 256
Sales rank: 604,197
Product dimensions: 5.31(w) x 8.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

About The Author
Umberto Eco (1932–2016) was the author of numerous essay collections and seven novels, including The Name of the Rose, The Prague Cemetery, and Inventing the Enemy. He received Italy’s highest literary award, the Premio Strega; was named a Chevalier de la Légion d’Honneur by the French government; and was an honorary member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters.

Hometown:

Bologna, Italy

Date of Birth:

January 5, 1932

Date of Death:

February 19, 2016

Place of Birth:

Alessandria, Italy

Education:

Ph.D., University of Turin, 1954
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