Umberto Eco. NYT. AV Club:
In his non-writing life, meanwhile, he continued to amass a huge library—which numbered as much as 50,000 volumes by the time of his death on Friday night…
I wonder what’s going to happen to that. Did he leave it to some institution, or is there going to be a massive auction?
LAT. Lawrence.
Short shameful confession: For reasons I don’t recall, I saw (and liked!) the film version of “The Name of the Rose”, but I haven’t gotten around to reading the book, or any other Eco. I keep meaning to fix that…
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I haven’t said it before, but I enjoy your obit roundups.
Thank you, Borepatch. That means a great deal to me.