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The Name of the Rose (Italian: Il nome della rosa [il ˈnoːme della ˈrɔːza]) is the 1980 debut novel by Italian author Umberto Eco. It is a historical murder mystery set in an Italian monastery in the year 1327, and an intellectual mystery combining semiotics in fiction, biblical analysis, medieval studies, and literary theory.
- Umberto Eco
- 1980
Jan 1, 2001 · The Name of the Rose. Umberto Eco, William Weaver (Translator) 4.14. 366,277 ratings13,075 reviews. The year is 1327. Benedictines in a wealthy Italian abbey are suspected of heresy, and Brother William of Baskerville arrives to investigate. When his delicate mission is suddenly overshadowed by seven bizarre deaths, Brother William turns detective.
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The Name of the Rose, novel by Italian writer Umberto Eco, published in 1980. Although it stands on its own as a murder mystery, it is more accurately seen as a questioning of the meaning of ‘truth’ from theological, philosophical, scholarly, and historical perspectives.
- Umberto Eco
- 1980
Apr 22, 2014 · 4.2 5,444 ratings. See all formats and editions. An international sensation and winner of the Premio Strega and the Prix Médicis Etranger awards, this enthralling medieval murder mystery "explodes with pyrotechnic inventions, literally as well as figuratively" (The New York Times) The year is 1327.
- Umberto Eco
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Sep 28, 1994 · The Name of the Rose Kindle Edition. by Umberto Eco (Author), William Weaver (Translator) Format: Kindle Edition. 4.2 5,458 ratings. See all formats and editions. “Explodes with pyrotechnic inventions, literally as well as figuratively. Hold on till the end.”—New York Times.
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Jun 9, 1983 · Now available from HarperVia in a deluxe paperback edition featuring never-before-seen illustrations by the author, the beloved internationally bestselling historical mystery about a brilliant monk called upon to solve a series of baffling murders in a fourteenth-century Italian abbey.
- Umberto Eco
When his mission is overshadowed by seven bizarre deaths patterned on the book of Revelation, Brother William turns detective, following the trail of a conspiracy that brings him face-to-face with the abbey’s labyrinthine secrets, the subversive effects of laughter, and the medieval Inquisition.
