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His first novel, the name of the rose, was a major international bestseller. Free download or read online het nulnummer pdf epub book. A few weeks later, foucault made his most famous pendulum when he suspended a 28kilogram 62 lb brasscoated lead bob with a 67metre long 220 ft wire from the dome of the pantheon, paris. Anthony burgess, quoted on the dustcover of foucault s pendulum, stresses it s learning real and bogus its concern with books talking to books, its elements of selfmockery, its semiological. The story extends quite aimlessly for nearly the first quarter of the book, after which it gains focus and momentum. It was first published in 1988, and an english translation by william weaver appeared a year later. Foucaults pendulum got none of that, not even a lousy tshirt. In the vast library there are no two identical books. Anthony burgess, quoted on the dustcover of foucaults pendulum, stresses its learning real and bogus its concern with books talking to books, its elements of selfmockery, its semiological. The title of the book refers to an actual pendulum designed by the french physicist laon foucault to demonstrate the rotation of the earth, which has symbolic significance within the novel.
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