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Foucault's Pendulum Hardcover - 1989

by Umberto Eco; William Weaver (Translator)

Three Milan editors, who have spent much time rewriting crackpot manuscripts on the occult, decide to have a little fun. Their plan encompasses the secrets of the solar system, Satanic initiation rites, and Brazilian voodoo. A terrific joke--until people begin to disappear.


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A superb cerebral entertainment about three editors who cook up a hoax-involving the Templar Knights, Stonehenge, the Cabala, and Brazilian voodoo, among other things-that suddenly becomes all too real. Translated by William Weaver. A Helen and Kurt Wolff Book

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International bestselling and award-winning author Umberto Eco's Foucault's Pendulum is "an intellectual adventure story, as sensational, thrilling, and packed with arcana as Raiders of the Lost Ark or The Count of Monte Cristo" (The Washington Post Book World).Bored with their work, three Milanese editors cook up "the Plan," a hoax that connects the medieval Knights Templar with other occult groups from ancient to modern times. This produces a map indicating the geographical point from which all the powers of the earth can be controlled -- a point located in Paris, France, at Foucault's Pendulum. But in a fateful turn the joke becomes all too real, and when occult groups, including Satanists, get wind of the Plan, they go so far as to kill one of the editors in their quest to gain control of the earth.Orchestrating these and other diverse characters into his multilayered semiotic adventure, Eco has created a superb cerebral entertainment. "An encyclopedic detective story...An intellectual triumph"--Anthony Burgess"Endlessly diverting . . . Even more intricate and absorbing than his international bestseller The Name of the Rose."--Time

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  • Title Foucault's Pendulum
  • Author Umberto Eco; William Weaver (Translator)
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition First Edition
  • Pages 656
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Harpervia, New York
  • Date 1989-11-01
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9780151327652 / 0151327653
  • Weight 2.42 lbs (1.10 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.5 x 6.1 x 1.81 in (24.13 x 15.49 x 4.60 cm)
  • Themes
    • Cultural Region: Italy
  • Library of Congress subjects Occult fiction, Psychological fiction
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 89032212
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

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Citations

  • Library Journal, 09/01/1989, Page 0
  • Publishers Weekly, 09/08/1989, Page 0
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