Re:The 40th anniversary edition of Codex Seraphinianus
by ornel on Saturday December 04, 2021 @01:50AM
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"Umberto Eco and Roland Barthes were unavailable for comment" I want to believe that is some dark sarcasm by the article's author
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Re:The 40th anniversary edition of Codex Seraphinianus
by carlob on Saturday December 04, 2021 @03:10AM
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Turns out Barthes died a full year before the book was even published, but he apparently saw a preliminary version, according to some random internet source in Italian.
Re:The 40th anniversary edition of Codex Seraphinianus
by camillomiller on Saturday December 04, 2021 @02:53AM
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It clearly is and it honestly made me laugh. Knowing Umberto Eco, he would have loved the joke.