{"product_id":"the-limits-of-interpretation-167299","title":"The Limits of Interpretation","description":"\"Eco's essays read like letters from a friend, trying to share something he loves with someone he likes.... Read this brilliant, enjoyable, and possibly revolutionary book.\" -George J. Leonard, San Francisco Review of Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"... a wealth of insight and instruction.\" -J. O. Tate, National Review\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"If anyone can make [semiotics] clear, it's Professor Eco.... Professor Eco's theme deserves respect; language should be used to communicate more easily without literary border guards.\" -The New York Times\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"The limits of interpretation mark the limits of our world. Umberto Eco's new collection of essays touches deftly on such matters.\" -Times Literary Supplement\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"It is a careful and challenging collection of essays that broach topics rarely considered with any seriousness by literary theorists.\" -Diacritics\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Umberto Eco focuses here on what he once called \"the cancer of uncontrolled interpretation\"-that is, the belief that many interpreters have gone too far in their domination of texts, thereby destroying meaning and the basis for communication.","brand":"Koorong","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51561168077087,"sku":"9780253208699","price":37.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0925\/8981\/8143\/files\/9780253208699_1511268.jpg?v=1769128672","url":"https:\/\/koorong.com\/products\/the-limits-of-interpretation-167299","provider":"Koorong","version":"1.0","type":"link"}