The Name of the Rose (Paperback) by Umberto Eco, William Weaver

from LisaMaria_C

This book is a rarity, both a critical and popular success, a literary and erudite book that is also a gripping historical mystery. It was made into a film--not a good one, which might put people o...

from GarySeverance

In "The Name of the Rose," Umberto Eco describes monks' attempts in medieval monasteries to obtain and preserve knowledge in writing and signs. Knowledge was limited and those who hoarded it had po...

from webreader

I read this book several years ago and for a good long while, it had returned to my thoughts. Reading it again, I found timely a timely political theme. This is the story of two delegations called ...

from jasonpettus

(Reprinted from the Chicago Center for Literature and Photography [cclapcenter.com]. I am the original author of this essay, as well as the owner of CCLaP; it is not being reprinted here illegally....

from TimONeill

If I had to spend a year on a desert island and was only allowed to take one book, this would be it. At the time of its publication, one reviewer described `The Name of the Rose' as "a book about e...