{"product_id":"das-foucaultsche-pendel","title":"Das Foucaultsche Pendel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'An encyclopedic detective story . . . An intellectual triumph.'-Anthony Burgess\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e'Foucault's\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003ePendulum\u003c\/em\u003e is Eco's magical mystery tour of the Western mind. . . . With this book, Eco puts himself in the grand and acerbic tradition of Petronius, Rabelais, Swift, and Voltaire.'-\u003cem\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'Rich and witty.'-\u003cem\u003eNewsweek\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eInfused with history and crackling suspense, Umberto Eco's celebrated international bestseller-a cerebral classic, prescient of our own times, about a literary joke that goes terribly awry, unexpectedly plunging its creators into mortal danger.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA man named Colonel Ardenti tells three cynical book editors that he has discovered a coded message about a centuries-old Knights Templar plan to tap a mystic source of power greater than atomic energy. The editors, bored from tooling with manuscripts on the occult and inspired by the colonel's outlandish claims, devise a literary prank for their own amusement. Using a computer, into which they enter bits of information on the Knights Templar, Satanic initiation rites, Rosicrucianism, the measurements of the Great Pyramid, and supernatural and occult phenomenon, they create a map indicating a point from which all the powers of the earth can be controlled-a point located at Foucault's Pendulum in Paris.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe editors are convinced they've devised the ultimate literary joke, a game to consume conspiracy theorists, mystical buffs, and everyone else fool enough to play.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut their joke becomes all too terrifyingly real when people begin to disappear mysteriously, beginning with the Colonel. . . .\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Buchserien.de","offers":[{"title":"Neuware","offer_id":53792943440210,"sku":"9780063279650","price":19.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0615\/7002\/3593\/files\/unnamed_b2a840e8-688e-4789-afd0-57be6c12230b.jpg?v=1781826224","url":"https:\/\/www.buchserien.de\/products\/das-foucaultsche-pendel","provider":"Buchserien.de","version":"1.0","type":"link"}