Baudolino - Umberto Eco and its unflinching celebration of

and its unflinching celebration of the seamy side of urban life

The Disappearing Act is a haunting meditation on identity

At the heart of the novel is a concern with experiences that both deepen and deaden existence: adultery and air raids

Translator: Philip Gabriel

Examining questions of faith

Baudolino - Umberto Eco and its unflinching celebration ofDiscover the Middle Ages with Baudolino a wondrous, dazzling, beguiling tale of history, myth and invention. It is 1204, and Constantinople is being sacked and burned by the knights of the Fourth Crusade. Amid the carnage and confusion Baudolino saves a Byzantine historian and high court official from certain death at the hands of the crusading warriors, and proceeds to tell his own fantastical story. Original Language: Italian Translator: William