by Umberto Eco · Distribooks Inc · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9782253033134
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«Le Nom de la rose» is the historical mystery novel by Umberto Eco, in paperback edition (763 pages, in French).
In the year 1327, the Franciscan friar William of Baskerville and his secretary arrive at an abbey situated between Provence and Liguria. The abbot asks them to investigate the death of a monk, and soon the case becomes a series of crimes that unfold over seven days, in a setting marked by heresies, intrigues, and the secrets of a great library.
This French edition is from 1983; Le Livre de Poche collection, number 5859. Originally published in Italian in 1980 as «Il nome della rosa», with translation by Jean-Noël Schifano.
For readers of historical and mystery fiction with a medieval setting and an interest in Italian literature and erudite plots.
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.
