Inventing the Enemy

<p>The final collection of essays from the internationally acclaimed and bestselling author of <i>The Name of the Rose</i> and <i>The Prague Cemetery</i> on the subjects of art and culture.<br><br>In this collection of essays we find Umberto Eco&#146;s perennial areas of interest explored in a lively and engaging style accompanied by beautiful reproductions of the art he discusses. In these wide-ranging pieces he explores the roots of our civilization changing ideas of beauty our obsession with conspiracies and the emblematic heroes of the great narrative amongst other fascinating topics.<br><br>Umberto Eco was one of the most influential and entertaining intellectuals of the last century as well as being a critically acclaimed and bestselling writer of both fiction and non-fiction.</p>