Umberto Eco on Ugliness

The Leonard Lopate Show | May 10, 2010
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder….and ugliness may be too. Umberto Eco explores why humans are both attracted to and repelled by the monstrous in his new book On Ugliness.

Events: Umberto Eco will be speaking and signing books
Tuesday, November 13 at 7 pm
Union Square Barnes & Noble

Pierre Bayard will be in conversation with Umberto Eco and Paul Holdengraber
Saturday, November 17 at 6 pm
New York Public Library
South Court Auditorium
42nd Street (at 5th Avenue)
To purchase tickets, call SmartTix at (212) 868-4444 or go online

On Ugliness is available for purchase at amazon.com

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