{"product_id":"this-is-not-the-end-of-the-book-9780099552451","title":"This is Not the End of the Book","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eJean-Claude Carrière is a writer, playwright and screenwriter, who recently collaborated with Michael Haneke on his award-winning film \u003ci\u003eThe White Ribbon\u003c\/i\u003e. He has worked with many of the twentieth century's great directors including Peter Brook, Milos Forman, Buñuel and Jean-Luc Godard, and is the author of \u003ci\u003ePlease Mr Einstein.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUmberto Eco (1932-2016) wrote fiction, literary criticism and philosophy. His first novel, The Name of the Rose, was a major international bestseller. His other works include Foucault's Pendulum, The Island of the Day Before, Baudolino, The Mysterious Flame of Queen Loana, The Prague Cemetery and Numero Zero along with many brilliant collections of essays.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJean-Philippe de Tonnac is a writer and editor. His interviews with Umberto Eco, Jean-Claude Carrière and Stephen Jay Gould were published in the book \u003ci\u003eConversations About the End of Time\u003c\/i\u003e. He is also the editor of several collections of essays, not yet translated into English, which include \u003ci\u003eA Universal Dictionary of Bread\u003c\/i\u003e and\u003ci\u003eAn Encyclopaedia of Knowledge and Belief\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA storming book. The next best thing to sitting in Umberto Eco's living room after dinner;  a dream collection of lucid and fascinating discussions -- Nick Harkaway\u003cbr\u003eHurrah for philosopher and novelist Umberto Eco and playwright and screenwriter Jean-Claude Carrière, who have come together to praise the medium... Fans of Eco and Carrière will be charmed -- Wayne Gooderham * Time Out *\u003cbr\u003eAn entertainingly free-range dialogue about writing past, present and future -- Boyd Tonkin * Independent *\u003cbr\u003eThe dialogue between these two superbrains is freakishly compelling and covers everything from papyrus scrolls to e-readers... Never fails to be enlightening and engaging... Hooray for this brilliant book * Dazed and Confused *\u003cbr\u003eThis book is a reminder that the satisfaction of working through even a relatively short book comes in part through confronting digressions, dead ends and distractions: the hallmark of conversation between friends, not of Internet speed-reading * Wall Street Journal *","brand":"Vintage Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48732290711895,"sku":"9780099552451","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/this-is-not-the-end-of-the-book-9780099552451","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}