by Umberto Eco · Unidad Editorial · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788493264536
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«El nombre de la rosa» is the historical mystery novel by Umberto Eco, published by Unidad Editorial in paperback (499 pages, in Spanish).
In 1327, the Franciscan William of Baskerville and his disciple Adso of Melk investigate mysterious deaths in a Benedictine abbey. The inquiry uncovers a labyrinthine library and political intrigues, in a blend of Gothic novel, medieval chronicle and detective story that reflects on truth and the interpretation of texts.
Edition from the Biblioteca El Mundo collection, no. 3, with a foreword by Lorenzo Silva. Work originally published in Italian as «Il nome della rosa» (1980).
A read for lovers of classic European narrative and intrigue plots set in the Middle Ages.
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.
