It is April 1204, and Constantinople, the splendid capital of
the Byzantine Empire, is being sacked and burned by the knights of
the Fourth Crusade. Amid the carnage and confusion, one Baudolino
saves a historian and high court official from certain death at the
hands of the crusading warriors and proceeds to tell his own
fantastical story. Born a simple peasant in northern Italy,
Baudolino has two major gifts-a talent for learning languages and a
skill in telling lies. When still a boy h
內容簡介:
ADVANCE PRAISE FOR BAUDOLINO "Fuses historical events of the
twelfth century with myths and fables, juicy romance, real
political issues, and deep questions of faith--and the result is
dazzling fireworks." Welt Am Sonntag Germany "Without a doubt
the author''s most playful book, suffused with an atmosphere of
fanciful freedom." La Repubblica Italy "Fascinating, ingenious,
dazzling." Newsweek The kind of novel that changes our mind."
The Los Angeles Times
關於作者:
Umberto Eco is the author of three bestselling novels, The
Name of The Rose, Foucault''s Pendulum, and The Island of The Day
Before. His collections of essays also include Five Moral Pieces,
Kant and the Platypus, Serendipities, Travels In Hyperreality, and
How To Travel With a Salmon and Other Essays. A Professor of
Semiotics at the University of Bologna, Umberto Eco lives in Italy.
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