Italy

The Name of the Rose

by Umberto Eco

Adventure & Journey 1980

Summary

Franciscan friar William of Baskerville investigates a series of murders at an Italian abbey in 1327 with his novice Adso of Melk. Eco's debut novel blends a detective thriller with semiotic theory, medieval history, and literary theory.

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Italian novelist, semiotician, and literary critic (1932–2016) whose academic work on signs and meaning informed his fiction. His debut novel, set in a medieval monastery, became an unexpected international bestseller.

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1980
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Umberto Eco