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The Name of the Rose
historical novel by Umberto Eco
This article is about the Italian novel. For the film adaptation, see The Name of the Rose (film). For the miniseries, see The Name of the Rose (miniseries). For other uses, see The Name of the Rose (disambiguation).
The Name of the Rose (Italian: Il nome della rosa[ilˈnoːmedellaˈrɔːza]) is the debut novel by Italian author Umberto Eco. It is a historical murder mystery set in an Italian monastery in the year , and an intellectual mystery combining semiotics in fiction, biblical analysis, medieval studies, and literary theory. It was translated into English by William Weaver in
The novel has sold over 50 million copies worldwide, becoming one of the best-selling books ever published.[1] It has received many international awards and accolades, such as the Strega Prize in and Prix Medicis Étranger in , and was ranked 14th on Le Monde's Books of the Century list.
Plot summary
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This paperback copy of The Name of the Rosewas given to me in when I was a mere teenager, visiting the Greek island of Corfu with my best friend. We were doing the backpacking, inter-rail thing and had come down by train through Yugoslavia (yes, it still existed), had spent some time in Athens (mainly to see Acropolis), and then ended up staying almost two weeks on Corfu before heading back to Sweden via Venice and Vienna. It was a very cool trip, though we scared our families half to death by not phoning home for over a week (this was way before cell-phones and wifi and ever-present internet access), and at some point our parents were probably about ready to send out Interpol or an international search party to look for us. Meanwhile, we were blissfully unaware of all that anxiety, keeping very busy eating hot ham- and cheese sandwiches, suntanning on the gorgeous beach, dancing to Cyndi Lauper, and whatever else teenagers do when they bust out of their hometown and get a snoot