{"product_id":"how-to-travel-with-a-salmon-other-essays-9780156001250","title":"How to Travel with a Salmon \u0026 Other Essays","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e A collection of \"impishly witty and ingeniously irreverent\" (\u003cem\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/em\u003e) how-to essays that highlight the absurdities of modern life, from the author of \u003cem\u003eThe Name of the Rose\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eHow to Travel With a Salmon\u003c\/em\u003e is a highly engaging collection of what Umberto Eco calls his \u003cem\u003ediario minimo\u003c\/em\u003e--minimal diaries--after the magazine column in which he began \"pursuing the pathways of parody.\" These essays are his playful but unfailingly accurate takes on militarism, computer jargon, Westerns, art criticism, librarians, bureaucrats, meals on airplanes, Amtrak trains, bad coffee, maniacal taxi drivers, express mail, multi-function watches, fax machines and cell phones, pornography, soccer fans, academia, and--last but definitely not least--the author's own self.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Very funny.\" --\u003cem\u003eThe New York Review of Books\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eEco, Umberto:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - UMBERTO ECO (1932-2016) was the author of numerous essay collections and seven novels, including \u003ci\u003eThe Name of the Rose, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Prague Cemetery, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eInventing the Enemy. \u003c\/i\u003eHe received Italy's highest literary award, the Premio Strega, was named a Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur by the French government, and was an honorary member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters.","brand":"Houghton Mifflin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50491557380370,"sku":"9780156001250","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_4a3ee1c5-3948-42b9-b8da-a9be05f4e97d.jpg?v=1730543429","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/how-to-travel-with-a-salmon-other-essays-9780156001250","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}