/lit/ - Literature

How do gnostlets and wannabe esotericists cope with this novel? I couldn't actually sniff out the satire until around 2/3 through so I know some occucks have accidentally fallen for the trap and read this thing.


Eco tears these people to shreds in this book. He makes them look like a bunch of fat greasy buffoons. The main character abandons his girlfriend and his son just so he could watch some larpers larp, and Eco made it seem like a pretty normal thing to do considering the circumstances. Eco did his homework and wrote a convincing novel about how pathetic and ego centric esotericists are