611 pages
English language
Published Aug. 13, 1984
The name of the rose
by Umberto Eco
4 stars
(1 review)
A 14th-century ex-Inquisitor investigates murder at a monastery and finds mysteries within mysteries. Eco's masterwork of literary genius is a fascinating and challenging read.
Subjects
- Monastic libraries
- Semiotics
- History
- Monastic and religious life
- Middle Ages
- Fiction
Places
- Italy