As an Umberto Eco’s novel, Baudolino is quite different. It’s different in the way that it’s somewhat light. It is full of actions, and relaxed and grin-making narratives. It shows us about, still, Medieval Age, but not in terms of its thoughts and other cerebral discussions. It relates the “Umbertonian” realities, events, people, and issues in the Medieval Age with … well … as usual … a sense of thriller–this time is a closed-room murder of German Emperor Frederick I Barbarossa.
Baudolino is all about a person named Baudolino who admits to have been made a fostered son of Frederick I Barbarossa. It is told (by Baudolino himself) that he can speak any language in the world after listening to people talking with the language a couple of minutes. Continue reading »
