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mk  ·  4828 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: 'The Other God' by Yuri Stoyanov
It definitely stuck with me for a while. It also felt lopsided. I have to say that I enjoyed The Name of the Rose more. I'm guessing that you've read it. But if you haven't, you should.

I haven't read anything else by Eco. I've been told that The Island of the Day Before is unreadable.

Interesting author.





jdsnape  ·  4827 days ago  ·  link  ·  
I would agree with the Name of the Rose being better, and I did also struggle through The Island of the Day Before.

I would like to try and read some of his other works, mainly essays if I remember correctly, but I don't know whether they would be too technical or available in an English translation

mk  ·  4827 days ago  ·  link  ·  
Yeah, if anything else he wrote approached The Name of the Rose I'd jump on it. That's one of those books that I recommend to anyone.

The Prague Cemetery sounds promising. http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Prague_Cemetery

alpha0  ·  4828 days ago  ·  link  ·  
Yes, Rose was a good tale.