This book is significant for its concept of "openness"--the artist's decision to leave arrangements of some constituents of a work to the public or to chance--a

The first comprehensive study in English of Umberto Eco's theories and fictions.

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A posthumous collection of essays by one of our greatest contemporary thinkers that provides a towering vision of Western culture. In Umberto Eco’s first nove