num_pages: 180
description: Satirical essays in which Eco pokes fun at the oversophisticated, the overacademic, and the overintellectual and makes penetrating comments about our modern mass culture and the elitist avant-garde. “A scintillating collection of writings” (Los Angeles Times). Translated by William Weaver. A Helen and Kurt Wolff Book
language: English
title: Misreadings
titlecomplete: Misreadings
genres: Italy, Short Stories, Philosophy, Semiotics, Nonfiction, Humor, Literature, Essays, Italian Literature, Literary Criticism
ratings_count: 1750
series: Diario minimo
publisher: Harvest / Harcourt Brace