Travel & Exploration· Italy
Los Tres Astronautas/ The Three Astronauts
by Umberto EcoAggregate Editorial Score30/100
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Published 1989English
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Published in 1989, Los Tres Astronautas/ The Three Astronauts established Umberto Eco as one of the defining voices in travel & exploration. A celebrated work of travel literature, Los Tres Astronautas/ The Three Astronauts by Umberto Eco (1989) brings distant lands and cultures to life with memorable clarity.
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Journeys across the globe, real and imagined.
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Umberto Eco published Los Tres Astronautas/ The Three Astronauts in 1989, and it has since become one of the more widely recognised works of travel & exploration from Italy. The book's treatment of the human condition accounts for much of its enduring reputation.
Critics and institutions have consistently placed Los Tres Astronautas/ The Three Astronauts among the notable works of its period. Our aggregate score of 30/100 is compiled from 1 editorial sources that range from Nobel and Booker committees to leading literary journals.
What distinguishes Los Tres Astronautas/ The Three Astronauts is how it handles its central concerns — the human condition — without reducing them to neat conclusions. The book invites close reading and holds up well to it.
Los Tres Astronautas/ The Three Astronauts reflects Umberto Eco's place in a wider literary tradition. The book's concerns resonate with Italy's broader cultural preoccupations, even as they reach beyond any single national context.
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notable · national
198930
Umberto Eco is a celebrated author from Italy known for influential works of mystery thriller.
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