Umberto Eco Dies at Eighty Four

The death of Italian author - Umberto Eco - at the age of eighty four is an immense lose to his admirers. Known for his best-selling book The Name of the Rose, Eco produced captivating historical fiction on the middle ages. His works spell bounded the readers with an intense philosophical debates and thought provoking narratives. Published in 1989, Eco’s second book Foucault’s Pendulum received enthusiastic response from the readers who were mesmerized by synchronization of mystery, history, fiction and philosophy. Eco seemed to have evinced an unrealized fact that the publication of vanity books containing mysteries could be catastrophic to the society. Such books challenged the established opinion and threatened the faith of people in the existing system. As shown, Foucault’s Pendulum dealt with a game based on various conspiracy theories about The Knight Templers.

Eco was not only known for his postmodern historical fiction but also for his works in philosophy and literary criticism.      

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