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The Name of the Rose: Introduction by David Lodge
Hardcover
Series: Everyman's Library Contemporary Classics
Mystery & ThrillerClassic FictionLiterary Fiction
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ISBN10: 0307264890
ISBN13: 9780307264893
Publisher: Everyman's Library
Published: Sep 26 2006
Pages: 600
Weight: 1.37
Height: 1.28 Width: 5.30 Depth: 8.40
Language: English
ISBN13: 9780307264893
Publisher: Everyman's Library
Published: Sep 26 2006
Pages: 600
Weight: 1.37
Height: 1.28 Width: 5.30 Depth: 8.40
Language: English
ONE OF TIME MAGAZINE'S 100 BEST MYSTERY AND THRILLER BOOKS OF ALL TIME - 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 logic.
In 1327, Brother William of Baskerville is sent to investigate a wealthy Italian abbey whose monks are suspected of heresy. 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. Caught in a power struggle between the emperor he serves and the pope who rules the Church, Brother William comes to see that what is at stake is larger than any mere political dispute-that his investigation is being blocked by those who fear imagination, curiosity, and the power of ideas. The Name of the Rose offers the reader not only an ingeniously constructed mystery--complete with secret symbols and coded manuscripts--but also an unparalleled portrait of the medieval world on the brink of profound transformation.
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