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The Name of the Rose (Everyman's Library (Cloth))
 

The Name of the Rose (Everyman's Library (Cloth))

by Umberto Eco

(Book Jacket Status: Jacketed)

A spectacular best seller and now a classic, The Name of the Rose catapulted Umberto Eco, an Italian professor of semiotics turned novelist, to international prominence. An erudite murder mystery set in a fourteenth-century monastery, it is not only a gripping story but also a brilliant exploration of medieval philosophy, history, theology, and... (read more)

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libertyblues
  • Rated 4 stars

“I had seen the movie, so the whole time I was reading this I imagined me (Adso) and William (Sean Connery) roaming about the grounds. It really is brilliant. The only other Eco I've read is Foucault's Pendulum, which I probably liked more. If I could go back I'd have not watched the movie first (as much as I like Connery =] )[br/][br/]Lots of interesting historical information about the Catholic Church. It's not too surprising that Eco could put so much detail, as he's studied much medieval...”

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  • Rated 4.291005 stars
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  • Rated 4.607143 stars
  

Newest Comments

  • felicia_angel

    felicia_angel said:

    “Faith vs Knolwedge? It's a good question set up within the book, but I don't try to look into it too much, but rather to simply read and enjoy. I did, though it did make me think when I finished it. Faith is changed by knowledge, and knowledge is challenged by faith...in the end, no one won or lost, and the Knowledge of Good and Evil is broken down into too many gray areas for one to know who is ultimately to blame for it...but it's a great mystery that I wanted to figure out, and a wonderful read.”

    posted Friday, January 11 2008 ( | view 1 reply )
  • Amin S

    amin s said:

    “One of the better books i have ever read. i believe this is Eco's best book, better than his subsequent works. very well reaearched. ”

    posted Monday, December 10 2007
  • grigore

    grigore said:

    “tematica romanelor lui u.eco tinde spre notiuni planturoase, grave (crestinatate, punctul fix al puterii etc.)-in consonanta cu aceasta este si concluzia: "experientele celor simpli au rezultate salbatice si cu neputinta de controlat"-cinstita afirmatie .... mi-a placut ideea sacrificarii calugarilor pentru salvarea imaginii lui hristos in ochii posteritatii...poate fi considerata un fel de mantuire-rasplata(doar ca impartaseste acelasi scop, binele omenirii)”

    posted Sunday, November 25 2007 ( | view 1 reply )
  • Ivana C

    ivana c said:

    “Don't compare Eco to Dan Brown. It's like comparing McDonald's food with Vitamin C. It shows only lack of education in literature and theory of literature. I, as a professor of literature, know the difference between high literature and best sellers. Dan Brow is nothing but a common best seller and like that, will never be taught in schools and Universities. You don't compare these two. Eco is a literary critic and theoretician of literature. I don't think he would be happy if somebody compared him to Dan Brown. Dan Brown is guy who searched the Internet and used attractive materials in intriguing story.”

    posted Monday, November 12 2007
  • Ivana C

    ivana c said:

    “Don't compare Eco to Dan Brown. It's like comparing McDonald's food with Vitamin C. It shows only lack of education in literature and theory of literature. I, as a professor of literature, know the difference between high literature and best sellers. Dan Brow is nothing but a common best seller and like that, will never be taught in schools and Universities. You don't compare these two. Eco is a literary critic and theoretician of literature. I don't think he would be happy if somebody compared him to Dan Brown. Dan Brown is guy who searched the Internet and used attractive materials in intriguing story.”

    posted Monday, November 12 2007
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