Umberto
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In the labyrinthine manner of Orhan Pamuk or Umberto Eco, the novel playfully explores symbols and the ways their meanings evolve across time.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
The wall painting is located in a chapel dedicated to Italy's last king, Umberto II, and shows the cherub holding a map of Italy.
From BBC ● Feb. 4, 2026
Outside a Milan hospital, Umberto Marcucci told reporters he was "thanking the heavens" that his son Manfredi -- one of four Italians being treated at the hospital -- made it out alive.
From Barron's ● Jan. 2, 2026
This is my own summary list, but it overlaps considerably with the characteristics of fascism described by Umberto Eco in an essay written 30 years ago.
From Salon ● Nov. 1, 2025
He, Umberto, was one single man; we were as numerous as flies.
From Cuore (Heart) An Italian Schoolboy's Journal by Isabel Florence Hapgood
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