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Post by pimpinainteasy on May 8, 2019 5:08:56 GMT
20 pages into this. tough going. the context is beyond someone like me. but i like its mysterious air. i have to keep running to the dictionary. too many words in foreign languages. references to many obscure historical characters and events. but i think i'll keep at it.
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Post by Morgana on May 8, 2019 9:44:31 GMT
20 pages into this. tough going. the context is beyond someone like me. but i like its mysterious air. i have to keep running to the dictionary. too many words in foreign languages. references to many obscure historical characters and events. but i think i'll keep at it. I tried to read it when it first came out but gave up on it. I hope you do better than me. I've just finished watching the TV series and it did a good job overall. I don't think this is a spoiler, but just in case - I really felt let down at the end when all the murders ended up happening over a lost work by Aristotle. Perhaps I'm a philistine and don't understand the importance.
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Post by Carl LaFong on May 8, 2019 15:30:04 GMT
I gave up on it early doors too.
There may be a version with footnotes that translates the Latin passages.
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Post by Captain Spencer on May 8, 2019 16:10:48 GMT
I once tried to read Foucault's Pendulum by Eco but found it too difficult to stay with.
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Post by vegalyra on May 8, 2019 19:00:44 GMT
I love the film but from everything I have heard it was a tough book to keep up with. Sounds like the rumors were true. I'd often thought of trying to tackle it. Maybe one day.
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Post by Zos on May 8, 2019 19:52:01 GMT
I once tried to read Foucault's Pendulum by Eco but found it too difficult to stay with. The first 40 pages are a chore, but it's superb thereafter.
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Post by Jep Gambardella on May 8, 2019 21:48:53 GMT
I was thinking of attacking it soon, now that there is a TV adaptation of it. I was going to try to read it in Italian, but it sounds like it might be a little bit too much!
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Post by pimpinainteasy on May 9, 2019 2:53:36 GMT
I once tried to read Foucault's Pendulum by Eco but found it too difficult to stay with. The first 40 pages are a chore, but it's superb thereafter. Well, I passed 40 pages on the first day itself. |
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Post by pimpinainteasy on May 9, 2019 2:54:56 GMT
I love the film but from everything I have heard it was a tough book to keep up with. Sounds like the rumors were true. I'd often thought of trying to tackle it. Maybe one day. I have vague memories of the film as a teenager. There was an intense sex scene and also Ron perlmans grotesque face. |
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Post by vegalyra on May 9, 2019 13:31:58 GMT
I love the film but from everything I have heard it was a tough book to keep up with. Sounds like the rumors were true. I'd often thought of trying to tackle it. Maybe one day. I have vague memories of the film as a teenager. There was an intense sex scene and also Ron perlmans grotesque face. It's a good film, I don't know how close it is to the book, but Sean Connery is excellent as well as Michael Lonsdale. Yeah, there was the controversial sex scene with Christian Slater. I think he was only 15 at the time.
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Post by politicidal on May 9, 2019 17:52:50 GMT
Only saw the movie;many times mainly because of Valentina Vargas  . |
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