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In this book, we accompany Umberto Eco as he explores the intricacies of fictional form and method. Using examples ranging from fairy tales and Flaubert, Poe and Mickey Spillane, Eco draws us in by means of a novelist's techniques, making us his collaborators in the creation of his text and in the investigation of some of fiction's most basic mechanisms.

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安伯托·艾柯（Umberto Eco）是一位享誉世界的哲学家、符号学家、历史学家、文学批评家和小说家。艾柯极为博学多才，他的作品有140多种，横跨多个领域，并在这些领域中都有经典性的建树。艾柯还是位积极的公共知识分子，为多家报纸撰写专栏，透过日常小事进行社会批评。艾柯在欧洲已成为知识和教养的象征，许多家庭都会收藏他的作品，无论读懂或读不懂。