Chronicles of a Liquid Society new-arrivals-050622 (Independent)Should be read by everyone

(Independent)Should be read by everyone concerned with preventing the next crisis

With extraordinary imaginative power

they remain undeterred

selected by Asad Latif and Lee Huay Leng in consultation with him

and god-awful with a sword

Chronicles of a Liquid Society new-arrivals-050622 (Independent)Should be read by everyoneUmberto Eco was an international cultural superstar. A celebrated essayist as well as novelist, in this, his last collection, he explores many aspects of the modern world with irrepressible curiosity and wisdom written in his uniquely ironic voice. Written by Eco as articles for his regular column in lEspresso magazine, he brings his dazzling erudition, incisiveness and keen sense of the everyday to bear on topics such as popular culture and politics,