The name of the rose

by Umberto Eco

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Canonical Title

The Name of the Rose

Original publication date

1980 (original Italian)

1983 (English: Weaver)

Important places

The Namless Benedictine Abbey in the North Italian Mountains

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Awards and honors

Waterstones top 25 books of the last 25 years (2007, No 21)

Waterstones Books of the Century (1997, No 42)

Strega (1981)

BBC's Big Read (Best loved novel, 2003, No 174)

New York Times Best Books of the Year (1983)

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In the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

Quotations

Books are not made to be believed, but to be subjected to inquiry.

There are magic moments, involving great physical fatigue and intense motor excitement, that produce visions of people known in the past. As I learned later from the delightful little book of the Abbé de Bucquoy, there are also visions of books as yet unwritten.

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Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0156001314, Paperback)

It is the year 1327. Franciscans in an Italian abbey are suspected of heresy, but Brother William of Baskerville’s investigation is suddenly overshadowed by seven bizarre deaths. Translated by William Weaver. A Helen and Kurt Wolff Book

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