Foucault's Pendulum by Umberto Eco
This novel follows three intellectual friends who work at a small publishing house. As a joke, they start inventing a conspiracy theory about a secret society that has been manipulating world events for centuries. However, as they delve deeper into their own fabrication, they begin to lose sight of what's real and what's not. Their lives take a dangerous turn when actual secret societies believe they hold the key to a universal secret and will stop at nothing to obtain it.
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- Published
- 1988
- Nationality
- Italian
- Length
- Long
- Pages
- 500-700
- Original Language
- Italian
- Avg User Rating
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(3.9)
- Alternate Titles
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- Das Foucaultsche Pendel
- El Pendulo De Foucault
- El Péndulo De Foucalt
- El péndulo de Foucault
- Foucaults Pendel
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- 51st on Big Read (Bulgarian) (Bulgaria)
- 52nd on The 100 Most Important Translations (Notos Magazine (Turkey))
- 155th on The 500 best books of all time from Culture Café users (Culture Café)
- 1139th on Our Users' Honorable Mention Favorite Books of All Time (The Greatest Books Users)
- 1000 Novels Everyone Must Read (The Guardian)
- 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die (The Book)
- NY Times Editors Choice 1980-1989 (NY Times)
- PEN Translation Prize (PEN America)
- The 100 Novels You Must Read in Your Lifetime (Esquire)
- The Graphic Canon (Book)