Eco, Umberto  (1932-2016) <br/><br/>
Serendipities  : language & lunacy 
/ Umberto Eco ; translated by William Weaver 
 - 1st Harvest ed 
 - San Diego  : Harcourt Brace  , 1999. 
 - ix, 129 p.  ; 21 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. [117]-119) and index. 
<br/><br/> Eco, a best-selling novelist and a professor of semiotics at the University of Bologna, unlocks the riddles of history in an exploration of the "linguistics of the lunatic," stories told by scholars, scientists, poets, fanatics, and ordinary people in order to make sense of the world. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780156007511 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>99015149 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Language and languages<br/>Intercultural communication
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>P106  / .E29 1999 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>401 ECO