Inventing the Enemy

The internationally acclaimed author of THE NAME OF THE ROSE presents a timely collection of essays written over the last ten years. Full of passion and curiosity, they examine topics as diverse as indignant reviews of James Joyce's ULYSSES by fascist journalists of the '20s and '30s, to censorship, violence and Wikileaks, arguing that every country needs an enemy, whether it be real or invented.

Umberto Eco (1932-2016) wrote fiction, literary criticism and philosophy. His first novel, The Name of the Rose, was a major international bestseller. His other works include Foucault's Pendulum, The Island of the Day Before, Baudolino, The Mysterious Flame of Queen Loana, The Prague Cemetery and Numero Zero along with many brilliant collections of essays.