Cultural Guerilla

[franceslievens]

Not all guerilleros are harmful, and some are heartwarming. Read all about the Parisian illegal restorers who restored a clock in the Panthéon, right under the adminstrator's nose.

Via Crooked Timber.

Comments

[sister-luck.livejournal.com]

Great story and a cool concept.

Though I've got one gripe with the article: Mentioning Umberto Eco and Dan Brown in the same sentence is an insult to Eco.

[frances-lievens.livejournal.com]

I thought the same thing. In the comments on Crooked Timber, one person said: "This sounds more like Thomas Pynchon than Dan Brown." I believe that person was right. The scene might look like one from a Dan Brown novel, but the hidden clock makers aren't sinister enough or conspirational enough. It doesn't even involve ancient truths hidden in ancient books!

[frenchani.livejournal.com]

Though I've got one gripe with the article: Mentioning Umberto Eco and Dan Brown in the same sentence is an insult to Eco.

I so agree with you! And I bet that the journalist never read Foucault's Pendulum.

Speaking of Umberto I bought his last essay on translation: Dire Quasi La Stessa Cosa