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My experience with trying to read Umberto Eco in English has not been happy; I have found him difficult to read—in English. In Italian, though, he is much more possible, even a pleasure. His work is dense, i.e. full of detail you at first question. Then, you understand it's purpose and power. All the detail, most of it entered into two different diaries, that is quite intimate draws the reader into the horrid schemes of a mercenary forger, impersonator, traitor, spy, murderer, and conspiracy monger. If the reader is not drawn into the character through these details, then why read the novel at all? There is another reason: practically all other characters in the novel (Wikipedia counts at least thirty) are important if not well-known historical personailities, and what happens to them or what they do has been historically documented and well-known. Eco only fills in with more detail than an ordinary history book is likely to offer. He offers not only a chance to review the gross outlines that any history buff would recognize, but also reports the conversations, habits, thoughts, misgivings,which, bolstered by Eco's imagination become palpable.The historical period (1860 to 1898) is rather compact, though stretching somewhat earlier to the protagonist's childhood, which again attests to the density of detail, while at the same time rendering more approachable a discovery either new or renewed of its major events.The protagonist, Simone Simonini, is thoroughly and professionally unfeeling, except for his gluttonous love of French and Italian cuisine and, on the other hand, his aversion to physical contact with the opposite sex. At the end of his life, however, he feels he has done his duty, perverse as it may have been, and feels he has much to be proud of. A haunting,oddly informative, worthwhile read.
Aizraujošs un ļoti informatīvs spiegu trilleris.Advokāts (kā tolaik sauc jebkuru juridisko izglītību ieguvušo) Simonīni kādu rītu pamostas, zaudējis atmiņu, un pašpalīdzības ceļā cenšas to atgūt, ieviešot dienasgrāmatu, kurā dažkārt ierakstus veic arī kāds abats Dalla Pikola. Reāli notikušu vēsturisku notikumu kontekstā (un nereti arī to izraisītāja lomā) autors vēsta par Simonīni piedzīvojumiem bagāto, bet tomēr vientuļo dzīvi, kurā bez gardēža prieku baudīšanas ir arī sava misija jeb virsuzdevums.Šis bija man pirmais iepazītais Eko romāns, tādēļ salīdzinājumus ar citiem viņa darbiem izteikt nevaru, taču katrā ziņā tas ir rosinājis mani ķerties jau pie nākamā Eko darba. Un arī atkārtoti izlasīt Dreifusa lietu Grūtupa grāmatā.
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