Umberto Eco Interviewed by Eleanor Wachtel‪.‬

"... So the first time I read the word `freedom' in this context, I learned that several parties could exist at once within a society. I soon realized that these groups had not sprung up overnight with the fall of Mussolini; they had been there all the time, waiting and planning. Bit by bit, I realized that there was a different world, of which I had only seen hints and traces." ELEANOR WACHTEL is the host of CBC Radio's Writers & Company and The Arts Today. This interview was initially prepared in collaboration with Mary Stinson and broadcast on Writers & Company.