Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco

Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco

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.

La obra de Umberto Eco (1932-2016) ha sido fundamental para entender la historia del siglo XX y de nuestros dias. Durante mucho tiempo se dedico a la ensenanza en la universidad, y sus ensayos son textos de consulta obligada en las universidades de todo el mundo. Entre sus ensayos mas importantes publicados en castellano figuran: Obra abierta, Apocalipticos e integrados, La estructura ausente, Tratado de semiotica general, Lector in fabula, Semiotica y filosofia del lenguaje, Los limites de la interpretacion, Las poeticas de Joyce, Segundo diario minimo, El superhombre de masas, Seis paseos por los bosques narrativos, Arte y belleza en la estetica medieval, Sobre literatura, Historia de la belleza, Historia de la fealdad, A paso de cangrejo, Decir casi lo mismo, Confesiones de un joven novelista y Construir al enemigo.

Hace mas de treinta anos hizo su entrada triunfal en el mundo de la ficcion con El nombre de la rosa, una novela que lo convirtio en un autor apreciado no solo por la critica, sino tambien por el gran publico. A este primer exito siguieron El pendulo de Foucault, La isla del dia de antes, Baudolino, La misteriosa llama de la reina Loana, El cementerio de Praga y Numero Cero.

De la estupidez a la locura es la obra postuma de Umberto Eco, que el autor entrego a imprenta pocos dias antes de morir, el 19 de febrero de 2016.

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ISBN 13	9780446344104
ISBN 10	0446344109
Title	Name of the Rose
Author	Umberto Eco
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Warner Books (NY)
Year published	1986-10-01
Number of pages	611
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