Tres cuentos / Three Stories
Del encuentro extraordinario entre un narrador -e intelectual, ensayista, filósofo...-(Umberto Eco) y un artista (Eugenio Carmi), nacen estas tres historias sobre el respeto y la esperanza, escritas e ilustradas para los amantes de las fábulas.
«Ahora ya sabían que en la Tierra
como en los demás planetas,
para gustos están los colores,
y lo importante es que nos entendamos.»
«La bomba y el general»
Los átomos encerrados en una bomba nuclear se rebelan ante el general que quiere desencadenar una guerra con el arsenal acumulado en su buhardilla.
«Los tres cosmonautas»
Tres cosmonautas, un estadounidense, un ruso y un chino, compiten entre sí por ser los mejores en su misión a Marte. No se entienden ni se gustan hasta que un marciano de seis manos les hace entrar en razón.
«Los gnomos de Gnù»
Un emperador presuntuoso envía a un explorador con la misión de civilizar a un pequeño planeta inocente y feliz. Un libro especial y bellísimo que es un homenaje a Umberto Eco, una joya única de su universo creativo, ilustrada por el artista Eugenio Carmi.
ENGLISH DESCRIPTION
From an extraordinary meeting between a storyteller - Intellectual, essayist, and philosopher- (Umberto Eco), and an artist (Eugenio Carmi), these three stories about respect and hope come alive, written and illustrated especially for those who love fables."Now they knew that on Earth as in any other planet, there are different strokes for different folks, the important thing is to get along."
In "The Bomb and the General," the atoms living inside a nuclear bomb rebel against the general who wants to start a war with the arsenal he stores in his attic. In "The Three Astronauts," an American, a Russian, and a Chinese astronaut compete to see which one of them is the best on their missions to Mars. They don’t get along or even like each other, until a six-handed Martian makes them all recapitulate. In "The Gnomes of Gnu", an arrogant emperor sends an explorer with the mission of civilizing an innocent and happy little planet.
A beautiful book which is a tribute to Umberto Eco, a unique treasure from his creative universe illustrated by the artist Eugenio Carmi.
«Ahora ya sabían que en la Tierra
como en los demás planetas,
para gustos están los colores,
y lo importante es que nos entendamos.»
«La bomba y el general»
Los átomos encerrados en una bomba nuclear se rebelan ante el general que quiere desencadenar una guerra con el arsenal acumulado en su buhardilla.
«Los tres cosmonautas»
Tres cosmonautas, un estadounidense, un ruso y un chino, compiten entre sí por ser los mejores en su misión a Marte. No se entienden ni se gustan hasta que un marciano de seis manos les hace entrar en razón.
«Los gnomos de Gnù»
Un emperador presuntuoso envía a un explorador con la misión de civilizar a un pequeño planeta inocente y feliz. Un libro especial y bellísimo que es un homenaje a Umberto Eco, una joya única de su universo creativo, ilustrada por el artista Eugenio Carmi.
ENGLISH DESCRIPTION
From an extraordinary meeting between a storyteller - Intellectual, essayist, and philosopher- (Umberto Eco), and an artist (Eugenio Carmi), these three stories about respect and hope come alive, written and illustrated especially for those who love fables."Now they knew that on Earth as in any other planet, there are different strokes for different folks, the important thing is to get along."
In "The Bomb and the General," the atoms living inside a nuclear bomb rebel against the general who wants to start a war with the arsenal he stores in his attic. In "The Three Astronauts," an American, a Russian, and a Chinese astronaut compete to see which one of them is the best on their missions to Mars. They don’t get along or even like each other, until a six-handed Martian makes them all recapitulate. In "The Gnomes of Gnu", an arrogant emperor sends an explorer with the mission of civilizing an innocent and happy little planet.
A beautiful book which is a tribute to Umberto Eco, a unique treasure from his creative universe illustrated by the artist Eugenio Carmi.
FictionShort Stories (single author)
RELEASED2017
PUBLISHERNational Geographic Books
LENGTH128
LANGUAGEES
Umberto Eco (5 January 1932 – 19 February 2016) was an Italian novelist, literary critic, philosopher, semiotician, and university professor. He is widely known for his 1980 novel Il nome della rosa (The Name of the Rose), a historical mystery combining semiotics in fiction with biblical analysis, medieval studies, and literary theory. He later wrote other novels, including Il pendolo di Foucault (Foucault's Pendulum) and L'isola del giorno prima (The Island of the Day Before). His novel Il cimitero di Praga (The Prague Cemetery), released in 2010, topped the bestseller charts in Italy. Eco also wrote academic texts, children's books, and essays, and edited and translated into Italian books from French, such as Raymond Queneau’s “Exercises in Style” (1983). He was the founder of the Department of Media Studies at the University of the Republic of San Marino,[3] president of the Graduate School for the Study of the Humanities at the University of Bologna, member of the Accademia dei Lincei, and an honorary fellow of Kellogg College, Oxford.
Tres cuentos / Three Stories
Del encuentro extraordinario entre un narrador -e intelectual, ensayista, filósofo...-(Umberto Eco) y un artista (Eugenio Carmi), nacen estas tres historias sobre el respeto y la esperanza, escritas e ilustradas para los amantes de las fábulas.
«Ahora ya sabían que en la Tierra
como en los demás planetas,
para gustos están los colores,
y lo importante es que nos entendamos.»
«La bomba y el general»
Los átomos encerrados en una bomba nuclear se rebelan ante el general que quiere desencadenar una guerra con el arsenal acumulado en su buhardilla.
«Los tres cosmonautas»
Tres cosmonautas, un estadounidense, un ruso y un chino, compiten entre sí por ser los mejores en su misión a Marte. No se entienden ni se gustan hasta que un marciano de seis manos les hace entrar en razón.
«Los gnomos de Gnù»
Un emperador presuntuoso envía a un explorador con la misión de civilizar a un pequeño planeta inocente y feliz. Un libro especial y bellísimo que es un homenaje a Umberto Eco, una joya única de su universo creativo, ilustrada por el artista Eugenio Carmi.
ENGLISH DESCRIPTION
From an extraordinary meeting between a storyteller - Intellectual, essayist, and philosopher- (Umberto Eco), and an artist (Eugenio Carmi), these three stories about respect and hope come alive, written and illustrated especially for those who love fables."Now they knew that on Earth as in any other planet, there are different strokes for different folks, the important thing is to get along."
In "The Bomb and the General," the atoms living inside a nuclear bomb rebel against the general who wants to start a war with the arsenal he stores in his attic. In "The Three Astronauts," an American, a Russian, and a Chinese astronaut compete to see which one of them is the best on their missions to Mars. They don’t get along or even like each other, until a six-handed Martian makes them all recapitulate. In "The Gnomes of Gnu", an arrogant emperor sends an explorer with the mission of civilizing an innocent and happy little planet.
A beautiful book which is a tribute to Umberto Eco, a unique treasure from his creative universe illustrated by the artist Eugenio Carmi.
«Ahora ya sabían que en la Tierra
como en los demás planetas,
para gustos están los colores,
y lo importante es que nos entendamos.»
«La bomba y el general»
Los átomos encerrados en una bomba nuclear se rebelan ante el general que quiere desencadenar una guerra con el arsenal acumulado en su buhardilla.
«Los tres cosmonautas»
Tres cosmonautas, un estadounidense, un ruso y un chino, compiten entre sí por ser los mejores en su misión a Marte. No se entienden ni se gustan hasta que un marciano de seis manos les hace entrar en razón.
«Los gnomos de Gnù»
Un emperador presuntuoso envía a un explorador con la misión de civilizar a un pequeño planeta inocente y feliz. Un libro especial y bellísimo que es un homenaje a Umberto Eco, una joya única de su universo creativo, ilustrada por el artista Eugenio Carmi.
ENGLISH DESCRIPTION
From an extraordinary meeting between a storyteller - Intellectual, essayist, and philosopher- (Umberto Eco), and an artist (Eugenio Carmi), these three stories about respect and hope come alive, written and illustrated especially for those who love fables."Now they knew that on Earth as in any other planet, there are different strokes for different folks, the important thing is to get along."
In "The Bomb and the General," the atoms living inside a nuclear bomb rebel against the general who wants to start a war with the arsenal he stores in his attic. In "The Three Astronauts," an American, a Russian, and a Chinese astronaut compete to see which one of them is the best on their missions to Mars. They don’t get along or even like each other, until a six-handed Martian makes them all recapitulate. In "The Gnomes of Gnu", an arrogant emperor sends an explorer with the mission of civilizing an innocent and happy little planet.
A beautiful book which is a tribute to Umberto Eco, a unique treasure from his creative universe illustrated by the artist Eugenio Carmi.
FictionShort Stories (single author)
RELEASED2017
PUBLISHERNational Geographic Books
LENGTH128
LANGUAGEES
Umberto Eco (5 January 1932 – 19 February 2016) was an Italian novelist, literary critic, philosopher, semiotician, and university professor. He is widely known for his 1980 novel Il nome della rosa (The Name of the Rose), a historical mystery combining semiotics in fiction with biblical analysis, medieval studies, and literary theory. He later wrote other novels, including Il pendolo di Foucault (Foucault's Pendulum) and L'isola del giorno prima (The Island of the Day Before). His novel Il cimitero di Praga (The Prague Cemetery), released in 2010, topped the bestseller charts in Italy. Eco also wrote academic texts, children's books, and essays, and edited and translated into Italian books from French, such as Raymond Queneau’s “Exercises in Style” (1983). He was the founder of the Department of Media Studies at the University of the Republic of San Marino,[3] president of the Graduate School for the Study of the Humanities at the University of Bologna, member of the Accademia dei Lincei, and an honorary fellow of Kellogg College, Oxford.
