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Umberto Eco has passed away

cowboyBuilder · 2016-02-20 13:20:58

Umberto Eco has died. http://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/feb/20/italian-author-umberto-eco-dies-aged-84 Great author , The name of the Rose is one of my favourite books. RIP

20-02-2016 1:20pm

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cowboyBuilder

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Umberto Eco has died.
http://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/feb/20/italian-author-umberto-eco-dies-aged-84

Great author , The name of the Rose is one of my favourite books.

RIP

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#2 20-02-2016 2:28pm

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This has saddened me more than I expected.

RIP

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#3 20-02-2016 4:04pm

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I've read the Island of the Day Before, it was really good. It was kinda funny all the american and british news stations had Harper Lee's death all over them and the european ones had Eco's.

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#4 07-03-2016 4:39pm

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The Name of the Rose was a fantastic book. I tried in vain with Foucault's Pendulum. I'm an idiot.

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