Three editors invent a conspiracy. The world decides it is real.
Casaubon, Belbo and Diotallevi work in a Milan publishing house surrounded by manuscripts on the occult and the Knights Templar. Amused by the pattern-seeking of amateur historians and secret-society enthusiasts, they decide to construct their own grand theory.
What begins as a game becomes 'The Plan', an elaborate network of invented connections linking Templars, Rosicrucians, secret codes, and hidden knowledge. The more intricate the fabrication, the more persuasive it feels.
Soon others take it seriously. What was meant as satire begins to attract believers willing to act on the fiction. As coincidence is mistaken for design, Eco exposes how easily the desire for meaning can become a trap.
| ISBN: | 9780099287155 |
| Publication date: | 1st June 2001 |
| Author: | Umberto Eco |
| Publisher: | Vintage an imprint of Random House |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 641 pages |
| Genres: |
Historical Fiction Modern and Contemporary Fiction Crime and Mystery |
Three editors invent a conspiracy. The world decides it is real.
Casaubon, Belbo and Diotallevi work in a Milan publishing house surrounded by manuscripts on the occult and the Knights Templar. Amused by the pattern-seeking of amateur historians and secret-society enthusiasts, they decide to construct their own grand theory.
What begins as a game becomes 'The Plan', an elaborate network of invented connections linking Templars, Rosicrucians, secret codes, and hidden knowledge. The more intricate the fabrication, the more persuasive it feels.
Soon others take it seriously. What was meant as satire begins to attract believers willing to act on the fiction. As coincidence is mistaken for design, Eco exposes how easily the desire for meaning can become a trap.
Foucault's Pendulum features in the following genres: Historical Fiction, Modern and Contemporary Fiction, Crime and Mystery
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Foucault's Pendulum was written by Umberto Eco and published by Vintage an imprint of Random House
Foucault's Pendulum has 641 pages
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