Do you think Umberto Eco likes being interviewed? Give reasons for your opinion.
Umberto Eco has been interviewed by Mukund Padmanabhan from ‘The Hindu.’ During interview he does not show any despise or wrinkle. He freely answers the queries like V.S. Naipaul and he does not consider it as an unwarranted intrusion in one’s life. He is quite modest and considerate on every answer. When Mukund asks him how he can do all the things, Eco answers that he is always doing the same thing. Like Rudyard Kipling. Eco does not think the act of interviewing as immoral, crime or an assault. He cooperates with Mukund and shows interest.
According to H.G.Wells, interviewing is a sort of an ordeal but Eco expresses his ‘philosophical interests.’ He tells the secret of his work. He states that he works in empty spaces. He does not aggravate about the utmost success of his novel. The ‘Name of the Rose.’ But he tells even about the sale and other facts asked by Padmanabhan. Thus Umberto Eco does not present any sort of dislike for being interviewed.
