RIP: Umberto Eco

The Bomb and the General. by Umberto Eco. Illustrated by Eugenio Carmi. 1989.
The Bomb and the General. by Umberto Eco. Illustrated by Eugenio Carmi. 1989.

One of my favorite anti-war, picture books. 

Excerpt:
“We’ve spent a pile of money
To make these bombs.
Are we going to leave them here to collect mold?
What’s a general like you for, anyway?

“It’s true,”
the general replied.
“We really must start this war.
Otherwise my career will never get anywhere.”

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