Gesammelte Streichholzbriefe

by Umberto Eco, Burkhart Kroeber (Translator)

Gibt es etwas Deutscheres als Kommissar Derrick, die vollkommene Verkörperung von Durchschnittlichkeit, Phlegma und Beamtenkarriere? Phänomene wie den deutschen Geist im Streifenwagen, Ginger Rogers und Clintons Verfehlungen, Andreottis Mafiaprozess und die neue Computerkultur kann niemand besser erklären als Umberto Eco. Ein Band voll ironisch-intelligenter Parodien.

Genres: German Literature

118 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1995

About the author

Umberto Eco was an Italian medievalist, philosopher, semiotician, novelist, cultural critic, and political and social commentator. In English, he is best known for his popular 1980 novel The Name of the Rose, a historical mystery combining semiotics in fiction with biblical analysis, medieval studies and literary theory, as well as Foucault's Pendulum, his 1988 novel which touches on similar themes.

Eco wrote prolifically throughout his life, with his output including children's books, translations from French and English, in addition to a twice-monthly newspaper column "La Bustina di Minerva" (Minerva's Matchbook) in the magazine L'Espresso beginning in 1985, with his last column (a critical appraisal of the Romantic paintings of Francesco Hayez) appearing 27 January 2016. At the time of his death, he was an Emeritus professor at the University of Bologna, where he taught for much of his life. In the 21st century, he has continued to gain recognition for his 1995 essay "Ur-Fascism", where Eco lists fourteen general properties he believes comprise fascist ideologies.