The Interview

Ans. Interviews are useful means of communication

The real truth comes out in Interview.

Ans. Most celebrity writers despise being interviewed because they feel that Interviews interfere in their personal life. Some of them also feel that it defames their image.

Ans. In many primitive cultures, it is believed that if your photographed, your soul is being stolen.

Ans. The meaning of this expression is that Interviews make the person so much tensed sometimes, that he/she feels like being choked.

Ans. The Interview, in today’s world, is our chief source of information about personalities.

Ans. Yes, Umberto Eco likes being interviewed. The reasons for my answers are:

He answered all the questions fully and patiently without showing any hurry or nervousness.

Ans. According to Eco, he just tries to fill all the empty spaces. For example, if he is waiting for someone to meet him, he does not wait and waste his time rather than he spends this time in writing something.

Ans. Eco’s academic writing style was quite distinctive. Because instead of regular academic style, he has opted some playful style in his writing.

Ans. Umberto Eco considered himself as an academic first and a novelist second.

Ans. ‘The Name of the Rose’ is a very unique novel with mystery plot. It has some part of metaphysics and medieval history. But the actual reason behind its success is still not revealed.