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The quote says a mobile phone is most useful for people who need to respond quickly in their work. It gives doctors and plumbers as examples of jobs where fast contact can matter. The point is practical rather than sentimental: the phone is valued for speed and availability.
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About Umberto Eco
Italian medievalist, philosopher, semiotician, novelist
Umberto Eco was an Italian medievalist, philosopher, semiotician, novelist, cultural critic, and commentator on political and social life. He is best known in English for his 1980 novel The Name of the Rose, which brought together historical mystery, semiotics, biblical analysis, medieval studies, and literary theory. He later wrote Foucault's Pendulum, published in 1988, a novel that explores the history of occultism and how it is interpreted in the modern age. His work moves across scholarship and fiction, often linking ideas about signs, texts, history, and culture.
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Books by Umberto Eco
Il nome della rosa
2003
Il pendolo di Foucault
2003
Baudolino
2005
La Misteriosa fiamma della Regina Loana
2004
L'isola del giorno prima
1996