The Name of the Rose Picador Books

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The Name of the Rose Picador Books

Author : Umberto Eco

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Highlights

English

Language

NA

Edition

502

Pages

9780330284141

ISBN-13

0330284141

ISBN-10

Picador USA

Publisher

198 mm

Height

129 mm

Width

31 mm

Thickness

Paperback

Binding

Description

Novel by Umberto Eco, published in Italian as Il nome della rosa in 1980. Although the work stands on its own as a murder mystery, it is more accurately seen as a questioning of truth from theological, philosophical, scholarly, and historical perspectives. The story centers on William of Baskerville, a 50-year-old monk who is sent to investigate a death at a Benedictine Novel by Umberto Eco, published in Italian as Il nome della rosa in 1980. Although the work stands on its own as a murder mystery, it is more accurately seen as a questioning of truth from theological, philosophical, scholarly, and historical perspectives. The story centers on William of Baskerville, a 50-year-old monk who is sent to investigate a death at a Benedictine monastery. During his search, several other monks are killed in a bizarre pattern that reflects the Book of Revelation. —From The Merriam-Webster Encyclopedia of Literature