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Foucault's Pendulum (original title: Il pendolo di Foucault ) is a novel by Italian writer and philosopher Umberto Eco. It was first published in 1988, and an English translation by William Weaver appeared a year later.Foucault's Pendulum is divided Read More..

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Description	Foucault's Pendulum (original title: Il pendolo di Foucault ) is a novel by Italian writer and philosopher Umberto Eco. It was first published in 1988, and an English translation by William Weaver appeared a year later.Foucault's Pendulum is divided into ten segments represented by the ten Sefiroth. The novel is full of esoteric references to Kabbalah, alchemy and conspiracy theory—so many, that critic and novelist Anthony Burgess suggested that it needed an index. The pendulum of the title refers to an actual pendulum designed by the French physicist Léon Foucault to demonstrate Earth's rotation, and has symbolic significance within the novel. Some believe it refers to the philosopher Michel Foucault,The novel ends the day after Michel Foucault died (25th June 1984). noting Eco's friendship with the French philosopher,D. Defert, "Chronologie", in M. Foucault, Dits et écrits, Gallimard, Paris 1994 (2001), p. 41. but the author "specifically rejects any intentional reference to Michel Foucault""Umberto Eco & The Open Text" by Peter E. Bondanella p. 133—this is regarded as one of his subtle literary jokes.
Description	Foucault's Pendulum (original title: Il pendolo di Foucault ) is a novel by Italian writer and philosopher Umberto Eco. It was first published in 1988, and an English translation by William Weaver appeared a year later.Foucault's Pendulum is divided into ten segments represented by the ten Sefiroth. The novel is full of esoteric references to Kabbalah, alchemy and conspiracy theory—so many, that critic and novelist Anthony Burgess suggested that it needed an index. The pendulum of the title refers to an actual pendulum designed by the French physicist Léon Foucault to demonstrate Earth's rotation, and has symbolic significance within the novel. Some believe it refers to the philosopher Michel Foucault,The novel ends the day after Michel Foucault died (25th June 1984). noting Eco's friendship with the French philosopher,D. Defert, "Chronologie", in M. Foucault, Dits et écrits, Gallimard, Paris 1994 (2001), p. 41. but the author "specifically rejects any intentional reference to Michel Foucault""Umberto Eco & The Open Text" by Peter E. Bondanella p. 133—this is regarded as one of his subtle literary jokes.

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Name	Foucault's Pendulum
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Authors	Umberto Eco
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Translator	William Weaver
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Genre	Speculative fictionSecret history
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Language	Italian
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Country	Italy
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Media_type	Print (hardcover, paperback)
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Isbn	88-452-1591-1
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Oclc	49337876
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Publisher	Bompiani (orig.)Secker & Warburg (Eng. trans)
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Pub_date	1988
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