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Foucault's Pendulum

This article is about the novel by Italian philosopher Umberto Eco. For the physics experiment and implement, see Foucault pendulum.
Foucault's Pendulum
First edition (Italian)
AuthorUmberto Eco
Original titleIl pendolo di Foucault
TranslatorWilliam Weaver
LanguageItalian
Genre
Publisher
Publication date
October 1988
Publication placeItaly
Published in English
16 October 1989
Media typePrint (Hardcover)
ISBN88-452-1591-1 (Italian paperback)[a]
0-436-14096-9 (U.K.)
OCLC49337876

Foucault's Pendulum (original title: Il pendolo di Foucault [il ˈpɛndolo di fuˈko]) is a novel by Italian writer and philosopher Umberto Eco. It was first published in 1988, with an English translation by William Weaver being published a year later.[1]

The book is divided into segments represented by the ten Sefiroth. It is satirical, being full of esoteric references to Kabbalah, alchemy, and conspiracy theories, to the point that critic and novelist Anthony Burgess suggested that it needed an index.[2] The pendulum of the title refers to an actual pendulum designed by French physicist Léon Foucault to demonstrate Earth's rotation, which has symbolic significance within the novel. Some believe that it refers to Michel Foucault,[b] given the author's friendship with him,[3] but Eco "specifically rejects any intentional reference to Michel Foucault"[4]—this being regarded as another subtle literary joke.[5]


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  1. ^ Barber, Malcolm (2006). The Trial of the Templars (2nd ed.). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. p. viii. ISBN 0-511-24604-8. OCLC 252528721.
  2. ^ Burgess, Anthony (October 15, 1989). "A Conspiracy to Rule the World". The New York Times.
  3. ^ Daniel Defert, "Chronologie", in M. Foucault, Dits et écrits, Gallimard, Paris 1994 (2001), p. 41.
  4. ^ "Umberto Eco & The Open Text" by Peter E. Bondanella p. 133
  5. ^ "Eco, scherzo d' autore dedicato a James Joyce" (in Italian). LaRepubblica. January 23, 2009.

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