Umberto Eco: The Name of the Rose

Eco's first novel, published in 1980, became the first intellectual novel to top the bestseller lists and bring its author worldwide fame. The novel is set in a medieval monastery, where its protagonists must resolve numerous philosophical questions and, through logical deduction, solve a series of murders. Within the rigid structure of a detective story, there is room for vivid historical facts from the Middle Ages, parallels with the history of the 20th century, accounts of religious conflicts and rebellions, a touching love story, and a multitude of new riddles that we, the readers, hasten to solve, but the cunning author invariably outwits us... Right up to the paradoxical and chilling finale.

Author: Umberto Eco

Translation: Elena Kostioukovitch

Pages: 672 (offset). Hardcover

Dimensions: 50x148x217 mm