How to Travel with A Salmon and Other Essays -Umberto Eco

This is my second book of Umberto Eco and i should say that he is really one of the best essayist and novelist.This book is a collection of essays written by him, his wit and encyclopedic knowledge of history and art are visible in many places.I think these essays mostly taken from his personal experiences with different people,organization etc.

I laughed my heart out in many places , i enjoyed most of the essays specially "How to use the taxi driver" ,"How to justify the private library","How to write introduction","How to play Indians" etc..This is one best humor essays i have read lately,simply wonderful.

On the other hand i did not understand these essays "On the possibility of Drawing a Map of the Empire on a scale of 1:1" ,  "Three owls on a chest drawers" and "Stars and stripes ".I have re-read many times but still could not understand these essays fully. Now i'm thinking to read more non-fiction works like this.

Umberto Eco

The last essay "The miracle of San Baudolino" brings the best out him, the author deals with his native Alessandria's history  and its people,- a sort of memoir.Many places in this book,  i realized the world around me and myself , laughed sometimes and grimaced some other time.I will definitely suggest this book to anyone who wants a leisure read and a good laugh.

My first book of Umberto Eco was "The Name of the rose" - a classic novel.It remains one of the best  novel i have read so far.

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