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Six Walks in the Fictional Woods Audiobook (Unabridged)

By: Umberto Eco
Six Walks in the Fictional Woods (Unabridged) Audiobook, by Umberto Eco Play Audiobook Sample
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Read By: Nick Sullivan Publisher: University Press Audiobooks Listen Time: at 1.0x Speed 3.33 hours at 1.5x Speed 2.50 hours at 2.0x Speed Release Date: October 2011 Format: Unabridged Audiobook ISBN:
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In this exhilarating book, we accompany Umberto Eco as he explores the intricacies of fictional form and method. Using examples ranging from fairy tales and Flaubert, Poe and Mickey Spillane, Eco draws us in by means of a novelist's techniques, making us his collaborators in the creation of his text and in the investigation of some of fiction's most basic mechanisms. These six lectures in Harvard's prestigious Charles Eliot Norton Lectures invite readers to reexamine how they read and how much is expected of them. Eco argues that any actual reader is an empirical reader with a specific personal reading context. As such, each individual reader is only part of the model reader, the author's composite imagined listener. But the individual author, always distinct from the narrator is also only part of the model author whose stylistic strategies help all readers infer what the characteristics of the model reader are and, in turn, what those of the model author are. The book is published by Harvard University Press.

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"Although Eco's voice doesn't make me want to have a pizza with him and hang out, the information he gives on pacing a story is invaluable. This book changed the way I look at my own writing -- and helped me explain story structure to others. It's not a beach read, but well worth a look. "

— Kathryn (5 out of 5 stars)

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    " Interesting lectures about the relationship between author, reader and truth. "

    — Barbara, 2/20/2014
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    " Take a stroll with Mr Eco. See fiction in a bunch of new ways. "

    — Emilie, 2/10/2014
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    " That was fun. Reader response criticism at its best! "

    — Stephanie, 2/9/2014
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    " Literally like walking through the woods, as in I had a pretty hard time following him (the essay titles didn't help at all) and most of the time had no idea where he was going with any given argument. I think I might have learned something, but I'm not sure if I can articulate what it was.. "

    — Rory, 1/31/2014
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    " Entertaining, but a little stale in the idea department. "

    — Kit, 1/27/2014
  • Overall Performance: 5 out of 55 out of 55 out of 55 out of 55 out of 5

    " Although Eco's voice doesn't make me want to have a pizza with him and hang out, the information he gives on pacing a story is invaluable. This book changed the way I look at my own writing -- and helped me explain story structure to others. It's not a beach read, but well worth a look. "

    — Kathryn, 1/10/2014
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    " One of the best collections of essays I've read. It changed and deepened my understanding of the experience of reading fiction. "

    — Margaret, 12/21/2013
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    " Umberto Eco in form of short lectures shows the methods of writing using examples from popular literature like fairy tales and classics like works od Edgar Allan Poe. "

    — Anna, 11/29/2013
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    " One of the books that changed my way of perceiving a book. Highly recomended! "

    — Elena, 9/4/2013
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    " Good stuff on the reader-author, fiction-reality relationship. "

    — Steve, 8/22/2013
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    " Great lectures on techniques for structuring fiction. "

    — Julia, 4/5/2013
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    " Lots of food for thought, as always with Umberto Eco's lectures and essays. "

    — Irena, 12/29/2012
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    " Enjoyable short essays. "

    — Joanna, 8/19/2012
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    " These are delightful, funny talks about story. Easy for a wee beginner like me he makes it very approachable, as he he talks about Sylvie, Proust and his forefathers in memory walking and writing, and leads me through some roles we play as reader and as author.Fab. "

    — Christine, 5/29/2012
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    " Read for college FYI In the Beginning Was the Word. Revisited several times since for other projects "

    — Erin, 3/16/2012
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    " One of the books that changed my way of perceiving a book. Highly recomended! "

    — Elena, 9/25/2011
  • Overall Performance: 3 out of 53 out of 53 out of 53 out of 53 out of 5

    " Literally like walking through the woods, as in I had a pretty hard time following him (the essay titles didn't help at all) and most of the time had no idea where he was going with any given argument. I think I might have learned something, but I'm not sure if I can articulate what it was.. "

    — Aurora, 8/5/2011
  • Overall Performance: 4 out of 54 out of 54 out of 54 out of 54 out of 5

    " That was fun. Reader response criticism at its best! "

    — Stephanie, 5/26/2011
  • Overall Performance: 3 out of 53 out of 53 out of 53 out of 53 out of 5

    " Entertaining, but a little stale in the idea department. "

    — Kit, 4/21/2011
  • Overall Performance: 4 out of 54 out of 54 out of 54 out of 54 out of 5

    " These are delightful, funny talks about story. Easy for a wee beginner like me he makes it very approachable, as he he talks about Sylvie, Proust and his forefathers in memory walking and writing, and leads me through some roles we play as reader and as author.Fab. "

    — Christine, 4/5/2010
  • Overall Performance: 3 out of 53 out of 53 out of 53 out of 53 out of 5

    " Good stuff on the reader-author, fiction-reality relationship. "

    — Steve, 2/3/2010
  • Overall Performance: 5 out of 55 out of 55 out of 55 out of 55 out of 5

    " One of the best collections of essays I've read. It changed and deepened my understanding of the experience of reading fiction. "

    — Margaret, 2/22/2009
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    " These essays are based on a series of lectures that Umberto Eco gave at Harvard in the early nineties which I attended. Not much remains but the sheer wonder at his analytic abilities. "

    — Gabriel, 8/2/2008

About Umberto Eco

Umberto Eco (1932–2016) was an Italian novelist, literary critic, philosopher, semiotician, and university professor. He is best known internationally for his novel The Name of the Rose, a historical mystery combining semiotics in fiction with biblical analysis, medieval studies, and literary theory. He later wrote other novels, including Foucault’s Pendulum, The Island of the Day Before, and The Prague Cemetery. He also wrote academic texts, children’s books, and essays. He was the founder of the department of media studies at the University of the Republic of San Marino, president of the graduate school for the study of the humanities at the University of Bologna, member of the Accademia dei Lincei, and an honorary fellow of Kellogg College, Oxford. He was A co-honoree of the Kenyon Review Award for Literary Achievement in 2005.

About Nick Sullivan

Nick Sullivan has narrated audiobooks for over twenty years and has recorded over four hundred titles. An Audie Award winner, he is also the recipient of numerous AudioFile Earphones Awards. His TV and film credits include The Good Wife, The Affair, Bull, Boardwalk Empire, 30 Rock, Our Idiot Brother, and Private Life.