by Umberto Eco, RCS Libri S. P. A. · labutxaca · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9788496863088
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«El nom de la rosa» is the historical mystery novel by Umberto Eco, published by labutxaca in paperback (672 pages, in Catalan).
In 1327, Friar William of Baskerville and his young disciple Adso of Melk investigate a series of mysterious deaths in a Benedictine abbey in Italy. Amid heresies and theological intrigues, the inquiry leads them through a labyrinth of forbidden knowledge to a library guarded by a blind monk.
The work was originally published in 1980 as «Il nome della rosa»; the present Catalan edition, translated by Josep Daurella, appeared in 2007.
An option for readers of historical and mystery fiction seeking a cultured plot with a medieval setting.
Umberto Eco was an Italian medievalist, philosopher, semiotician, novelist, cultural critic, and political and social commentator. In English, he is best known for his popular 1980 novel The Name of the Rose, a historical mystery combining semiotics in fiction with biblical analysis, medieval studies and literary theory, as well as Foucault's Pendulum, his 1988 novel which touches on the history of occultism and its contemporary interpretation through the new age movement.
