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Historical Fiction : When Are You Now? (continued further still)		193	susiesharp, Yesterday 6:54pm
50-Something Library Thingers : What are you reading in 2009 #2		83	lbradf, Yesterday 2:35pm
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1001 Books to read before you die : Paruline's attempt		35	paruline, Yesterday 6:48am
75 Books Challenge for 2009 : divinenanny finished 50, on to 75!		60	divinenanny, Yesterday 1:37am
Le Salon Litteraire du Peuple pour le Peuple : Listmania I -- Ten Novels Likeliest to Survive the Test of Time, Not Written Originally in English		42	Macumbeira, Monday 10:46pm
250 book challenge : Zero's 2009 Challenge		105	zanix, Sunday 3:30pm
1010 Category Challenge : bk04011's 2010 10 x 10 Category Challenge		46	elliepotten, Saturday 11:34am
What Are You Reading Now? : What Are You Reading the Week of September 19, 2009?		251	Arten60, Saturday 8:10am
What Are You Reading Now? : What Are You Reading the Week of October 31, 2009?		201	teelgee, Saturday 12:44am
Folio Society devotees : I just ordered ~ received....		92	sandragon, Friday 3:35pm
Readers Against Struggling Through Books We Hate : How often?		31	TheoClarke, Friday 6:44am
Le Salon Litteraire du Peuple pour le Peuple : Your personal top 10 all time favorites list(s)		289	tomcatMurr, Thursday 10:05pm
999 Challenge : Zero's 999		61	zanix, Thursday 12:37am
What Are You Reading Now? : Abandoned Books redux (Life is short. Don't read crap.)		232	sanja, November 4
What Are You Reading Now? : New Vocabulary		249	callmejacx, November 3
1001 Books to read before you die : maryjanemanolos progress		115	maryjanemanolos, November 3
1010 Category Challenge : sadiegrrl's 1010 challenge		19	sadiegrrl, November 2
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BookMooching : Upcoming used book sale- have an elusive book you'd like me to keep an eye out for?		86	michellereads, October 29
1010 Category Challenge : tandem read / group read matchup thread		119	RidgewayGirl, October 28
Le Salon Litteraire du Peuple pour le Peuple : How many books do you read a year ?		58	tomcatMurr, October 28
Metafilter : High-quality Mystery/Crime/Detective/Suspense Fiction?		9	brocaine, October 20
999 Challenge : bk04011 's		75	NeverStopTrying, October 16
Reading Globally : Nickelini's Read Around the World Challenge		30	A_musing, October 16
1010 Category Challenge : Remusly's 101010 List		38	remusly, October 14
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1001 Books to read before you die : divinenanny will read some of the 1001		4	divinenanny, October 13
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1001 Books to read before you die : hdc versus 1001 books (2008)		2	hdcclassic, October 8
Name that Book : Scholastic, 60s? secret of The Rose, mystery, something buried		7	extrajoker, October 7
50 Book Challenge : Joyfulgirl's books for 2009		34	joyfulgirl, October 7
Monks, Monasteries and Monasticism : Favorite Monastic Books		3	varielle, October 6
1010 Category Challenge : Carolien's 1010 Challenge		11	Carolien70, October 5
Book talk : Another Silly Game Part 30		356	hemlokgang, October 4
Medieval Europe : Help Please with a Book Suggestion...		48	cemanuel, October 4
The Green Dragon : Top 5 on your TBR list		78	Shanra, October 3
What Are You Reading Now? : What Are You Reading the Week of September 12, 2009?		239	teelgee, September 20
1010 Category Challenge : Early planners ahoy! What's your first book in 2010?		13	christina_reads, September 14
Book talk : Is a book translated?		9	XRInowNLS, September 14
Book talk : Genre books only work if they play fiar		7	aulsmith, September 12
Reading Globally : Group Read - March 2009 - Argentina		157	englishrose60, September 10
Fifty States Fiction (or Nonfiction) Challenge : CMBohn's 50 states		83	cmbohn, September 8
1001 Books to read before you die : Nickelini's 1001 List		14	soylentgreen23, September 7
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The Green Dragon : August Reads 2009		181	Billion, September 1
50 Book Challenge : Libreria's 50-Book Challenge starts Dec 20, 2008		25	libreria04, August 29
999 Challenge : GaijinMama's 999 List		17	GaijinMama, August 29
50 Book Challenge : 1st year with library thing		73	bigbaddom, August 19
List Five Books Parlour Game : Kingdom Plantae		13	Wordsmithonia, August 18
Book talk : Another Silly Game Part 26		387	JamesBoswell, August 18
Name that Book : historical fiction novel		5	hnigro, August 17
Awful Lit. : 'Why are classics classic?		172	titusalone, August 14
Books in Books : Libraries in Books		20	Camaho, August 13
Crime, Thriller & Mystery : What are you reading in July 2009?		167	bookbeat, August 11
The Green Dragon : Drop a word, add a word VI		515	abbottthomas, August 10
What Are You Reading Now? : What are you reading the week of July 25, 2009?		226	Arten60, August 8
The Green Dragon : July reads, 2009		144	katttg, August 1
1001 Books to read before you die : What 1001 book are you reading: July 2009		103	susiesharp, August 1
Hogwarts Express : What are you reading in July?		150	foggidawn, August 1
999 Challenge : July 2009: What are you reading?		60	VictoriaPL, July 31
Go Review That Book! : How're you doing?		200	Jenson_AKA_DL, July 28
Book talk : Another Silly Game Part 24		331	hemlokgang, July 28
Labyrinths and the Walking Meditation Practice : Welcome - Come In and Introduce Yourself		15	soldulac, July 26
1001 Books to read before you die : Funny meme thing from OUR perspective		6	jdaniel3760, July 23
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What Are You Reading Now? : The Clunkers of 2008		180	DMO, July 19
1001 Books to read before you die : How many have you read?		263	BekkaJo, July 12
Book talk : Can't remember this author or title...duh		7	Sophie236, July 9
Name that Book : Adult fantasy book: erotic, weird, made up language, medieval or Tudor setting?		38	Hobbitlass, July 7
1001 Books to read before you die : belva's list		19	judylou, July 6
Readers Against Struggling Through Books We Hate : A genre of particular distaste?		30	Sandydog1, July 3
Everything and Nothing : Borges' LibraryThing		8	LizSwift, July 3
Book talk : Reading Journals		54	LA12Hernandez, July 2
1001 Books to read before you die : Arubabookwoman's 1001 Quest-1-36		15	arubabookwoman, June 28
TBR Challenge : Zoe's 2009 Challenge		17	_Zoe_, June 28
Audiobooks : Father's Day Recommendations		4	archipelago6, June 22
999 Challenge : Kiwiflowa's 999 in 2009		41	kiwiflowa, June 20
Historical Fiction : What's next if I enjoyed . . .		7	zsigandr, June 18
Reading Globally : JUNE 2009 Theme Read: The Arts -- sugestions		27	streamsong, June 13
75 Books Challenge for 2009 : Porch_Reader's 2009 Reading		274	porch_reader, June 11
Nederlandstalige lezers : Slechtste boek dat je hebt uitgelezen		67	berouwkatje, June 9
Club Read 2009 : Request for Stress		20	polutropos, June 2
999 Challenge : Ralindes 999 challenge		22	nannybebette, May 24
2009 Genre Challenge : March Genre: Historical Fiction		10	readeron, May 19
What Are You Reading Now? : Another Meme--please forgive me		57	jnwelch, May 19
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... but at happy at the same time. For each of yoz who likes german classics this is a very recommendable book. I'm still into Name of the Rose and it's fascinating me more and more. Don't know what, maybe the Holmes-like attitude of Master William of Baskerville in this medieval setting and the ...

... Umberto Eco novels as, while they are full of good, clever ideas and concepts, there is no plot to tie them together. Name of the Rose is the only one of his I would say I like.

Enrique, +1 on Eco and Genet, whom I'm embarrassed to have missed. The Name of the Rose and The Miracle of the Rose!

I've started reading Der Name der Rose by Umberto Eco. I didn't manage to get far, so I'm just at 20 pages, but it promises to be good, so I will see how it goes on.

... Gibbons 3. The Trial by Franz Kafka 4. A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess 5. In Cold Blood by Truman Capote 6. The Name of the Rose 7. Neuromancer by William Gibson 8. The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera 9. Titus Groan by Mervyn Peake 10. Felicia's Journey ...

... of trash. And then again, I'd rather be that person reading all the Mills & Boon than someone who labours through, say, The Name of the Rose without enjoying or understanding a word of it, just because they think they should. (I actually mostly enjoyed what I could understand of Name of the ...

I'm going to add to my list of books by Vladimir Nabokov and Robin Hobb any books by Umberto Eco, minus The Name of the Rose because I own that one already. I hope we're not bogging you down too much!

... Ripley, Alias Grace, Generation Loss, Out: A Novel, Smilla's Sense of Snow; Perfume: The Story of a Murderer; The Name of the Rose; The Secret History; The Wasp Factory ... and I'm forgetting many others. See? Really open. Series books are fine, historical mysteries, gritty ...

... out some more (especially see how different Audition is from the film). I didn't realise there was a companion to Name of the Rose either, I really could of done with one to Foucault's Pendulum!

... I should have already read but haven't. I'm actually really excited about Foucault's Pendulum. I'm planning to pick up The Name of the Rose the next time I'm at the library; I hope it doesn't intimidate me too much, haha.

Ah, well, I hope you enjoy it! The Gemma Doyle trilogy is one of my favorite YA series ever. (: I'm planning to read The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco for my authors list and Body and Blood by Michael Schiefelbein for my titles list.

... more! As to Umberto Eco--I like to think that I am not a total idiot, but I had a great deal of difficulty with both Name of the Rose and Foucault's Pendulum. I think it is in part something lacking in my education since I really did not understand what was going on some times. I ...

#183 - I've had that experience with Eco before. I got through the intro of The Name of the Rose once, realized I was not going to make it through the book, and came back to it months later.

... the Edda, and how a couple of pages are lost, but in the background it is about Denmark returning the Edda to Iceland. The name of the Rose - Umberto Eco - Of course this classic mystery features a thirteenth century monastery Library and its keepers quite heavily. And of course, you ...

... Agency Douglas Adams 183. Kitchen Banana Yoshimoto 205. Watchmen Alan Moore 232. The Wasp Factory Iain Banks 274. The Name of the Rose Umberto Eco 283. If On a Winter’s Night a Traveler Italo Calvino 284. Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy Douglas Adams 294. The Shining Stephen K ...

... and the Plantagenet families? I've been searching for this for years and have of course run into Umberto Ecco's The Name Of The Rose (most assuredly NOT the book I'm looking for).

... alchemist / The Alchemist - Paulo Coelho * - Het parfum / Perfume - Patrick Süskind * - De naam van de roos / The Name of the Rose - Umberto Eco * - De acht / The eight - Katherine Neville * - Eten, bidden en beminnen / Eat, pray, love - Elizabeth Gilbert

... Incident Of The Dog In The Night-Time - Mark Haddon - Read 10-12-2006 Watchmen - Alan Moore - Read 29-08-2009 The Name of The Rose - Umberto Eco - Read 23-09-2009

... so I've had a hard time finding anything. So far the only real novel about monasticism I've read is Umberto Eco's The Name of the Rose.

The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco

The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco

... Name Is Red by Orphan Pauk The Book of Blanche and Marie by Per Olov Enquist The Silent Duchess by Dacia Maraini The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco Candide by Voltaire The Ten Thousand Things by Dermoût The Chateau D'Argol by Julien Gracq And . . . please don't gasp ...

... until after it closes, seemed a little awkward, leaving me to wonder if Eco had opted for a challenging start, as with The Name of the Rose. But I'm far enough into it that it is really starting to draw me in.

I don't like rambling either, but I do enjoy medievel history. So onto the wish list goes The Name of the Rose. Thanks ps: good review!

#165-divinenanny, This is probably too late to help with The Name of the Rose but there is a small book called Key to the Name of The Rose by Adele J. Haft that translates all the Latin and gives historical background to events in the novel. A good used copy should be easily available @ ...

#144 benitastrnad I read Eco before (Baudolino and I tried Foucault's Pendulum. I still find The Name of The Rose hard to get through. It is like two or three stories in one. The murder mystery, and then the philosophical discussions about theological principles, and the political ...

#60 divinenanny Name of the Rose is a very very good book. I read this book a long time ago and the version I had was filled with long passages written in Latin. These can be off-putting, but stick with it. The book has lots to say about many things. Especially symbols. It is a Dan Brown ...

Keep trying on Name of the Rose - it is good. I am almost finished with Frankenstein and I only started it yesterday! It is such an easy read and quite a good one as well and it's considered a classic!!!! I am so glad (once again) that I found LT as it has steered me to give so many books a ...

Currently reading The Name of The Rose by Eco. It seems like quite a tough read because of the language and sentence construction used, don't know if I can get through it now. I am giving it a try, otherwise moving on to The Graveyard Book...

I'm in the fourteenth century I believe, somewhere in northern Italy, The Name of the Rose is just starting...

I finished The Romanov Prophecy late last night, and I have started The Name of The Rose this morning. I love medieval history and medieval fiction, and I never read this book (nor seen the movie) before... I hope it doesn't disappoint...

... so interesting parcels have been arriving at my house for the last few days. They contained: A Month in the Country The Name of the Rose Tom Sawyer Treasure Island William Russell, Special Correspondent of the Times The Scarlet Letter And still in the post: The Silk Road ...

There is some translation information on the works details page. I looked up The Name of the Rose (this is the main page), and on the detail page, http://www.librarything.com/work/1525/details/10641828 , there is a list of the some 25 languages LT members own of this work. later . I ...

... for what they want in a story than mainstream critics. For instance, the mainstream critics really liked Umberto Eco's The Name of the Rose and called it a mystery. Well, there's a murder and, if I remember correctly, we find out who did it, but it's nothing like a mystery. The critics ...

... at that time will be. For those interested in the FP group read, having been properly stumped and intimidated by Name of the Rose last year, I will also read a biography of Foucault and Middlemarch before I take on my second Eco. Grr. Touchstone not working.

... freedoms, I did like the writing style, so I fell for this one. Too bad they didn't have his Kublai Khan book too. The Name of The Rose by Umberto Eco - I love middle ages and historical fiction, so it was about time I got this one. The Book Thief by Markus Zusak - Although ...

... ssey 61. King Solomon's Mines by H. Rider Haggard 62. Y: the Last Man Book One And seeing in the new year with The Name of the Rose. Been a pleasure!

... Anthony Burgess Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman The Message in the Hollow Oak (Nancy Drew, Book 12) by Carolyn Keene The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco Violets are Blue by James Patterson

And plans are afoot to read Foucault's Pendulum sometime midway through the year, if anyone found that The Name of the Rose was a little too easy...

... standard historical fiction. Secondly, An Instance of the Fingerpost by Iain Pears seems to be often compared with The Name of the Rose, and I can see why: this is a great historical mystery which is big, funny and serious at once.

... comes to this sort of material, I tend to prefer a somewhat more "difficult" approach, so YMMV. (Let's just say I consider The Name of the Rose, with its untranslated Latin and everything, to be the gold standard.) The story is centered on Will Campbell, a young sergeant in the Templars, who ...

The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco. Read when it first came out.

... to get through Middlemarch and The Knights Templar first in case they help me make sense of Eco. Although, judging by The Name of the Rose, gaming his readers is one of Eco's primary goals, so prepare as you will, preparing for surprize will be the best bet. > 23 - Thanks for the ...

... Templar actually has an introduction by Eco, so I am hoping, trusting that it is not one of the more bogus ones. I read The Name of the Rose for my 999 this year and was appropriate impressed and intimidated. And then intrigued. So, glutton for punishment, here I go again. The rest of the ...

... read' - books with rose in the title. Fred and Rose by Howard Sounes The Rose of Sebastopol by Katharine McMahon The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco A Rose for Her Grave by Ann Rule An Unofficial Rose by Iris Murdoch Briar Rose by Jane Yolen The Compass Rose by Ursula K. Le ...

In the Name of the Rose is my latest. I know I like it - I liked it last time I read it - but sometimes I think he should use fewer commas and more full stops.

I'm having one of those "I'm a chapter in and bored" days. Name of the Rose yawn Ghost Story yawn I Thought It Was Just Me yawn Maybe Seven Up will keep my interest.

The Name of the Rose

170. The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco. Before I read this, I read somewhere that it is considered the thinking man's Da Vinci Code. I don't know if that's true because I've never read the Da Vinci Code, but it seems like it could be the case. I know this is supposed to be a post modernist ...

The name of the rose, as I remember it, involves a fire in a monastery's library, and I think there was a hidden door in the library. But there I think the fire was at the end, not the beginning.

... forgotten I'd studied The Sound and the Fury at university, and loved it. I can cross it off the list. #96 I loved the Name of the Rose. #91 Moi aussi with Suite Francaise. For me, it's a bit of a plodder. I keep picking it up and putting it down, which doesn't do it any justice. Maybe I ...

Reading (and loving cant put it down ohhhhmanwhathappensnext) The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco.

The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco

... Lion is interesting. On my unread shelf. May have to move it closer to the top. #7-_________it_____, Iv'e read Name of the Rose a couple of times and given it as a well received Christmas present. As I have done before here, I want to push the novel's excellent companion, Key to ...

... among my children. The English Patient, Contact, Perfume, Lord of the Rings, Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, The Name of the Rose, The Dispossessed, Nineteen Eighty Four, Cry the beloved country, The little prince, Jane Eyre, The three musketeers, Candide, and Blindn ...

the name of the rose by umberto eco

Do you mean The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco?

I finished The Name of the Rose and Cyrano de Bergerac, which was the last in my play category. I'm still reading Because He First Loved Us and I need to start another book soon. Maybe The Castle of Otranto if I can find it.

I finished The Name of the Rose, but I have to say I thought it was uneven. I think some of the stuff about the religious controversies went on way too long. But it was a gripping read.

64/81 The Name of the Rose Brother Adso and Brother William travel to a remote convent in Italy. Brother William is there to work for a reconciliation between the Emperor's faction and the Pope's faction within the Catholic church. But his arrival also causes the abbot to investigate ...

#12 cmbohn, I loved The name of the rose - hope you do too. No crime reading here right now but I can tell this group is going to do bad things to my book buying habit...

22 - What did you think of Dragon of Trelian? I just started The Name of the Rose. I'm on pg 70 and have like 450+ pages to go! I'm really feeling drawn into the world, but I'm not enjoying all the Latin. I don't speak or read Latin! Are footnotes too much to ask?

Thanks! I don't actually have any books to add right now. I'm reading The Name of the Rose, which is set in Italy. It's good so far, but I'm tired of all the Latin.

I am all ready to start The Name of the Rose tonight. I'm looking forward to it.

Just finished All's Well that Ends Well - thumbs down - and I'm about to start The Name of the Rose.

... really supportive of them either. Most hugely successful translations in this country are of "status symbol" books like The Name of the Rose and Perfume. The mass market of readers, a disheartening 1% of the country's population (about 3 million people), will buy those books because they ...

#16, fugitive: The Name of the Rose also fits because the erotic encounter of Adso of Melk is one of the central themes. Good one! Although it is quite a bit pre-Tudor.

Possibly The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco. One of the characters in the book speaks a polyglot mix of lots of languages, and it fits the "medieval" time period. Though it's not a fantasy, that could be a false description. If the reader just picked it up they could easily have run across ...

... Morton (The House at Riverton), Colleen McCullough (The Torn Birds), Karen Maitland (Company of Liars), Umberto Eco (The Name of the Rose), Michael Cox, Elizabeth Chadwick, Caleb Carr (The Alienist), Deanna Raybourn, Michelle Moran (Nefertiti), Kathleen Winsor (Forever Amber, though ...

... Morton (The House at Riverton), Colleen McCullough (The Torn Birds), Karen Maitland (Company of Liars), Umberto Eco (The Name of the Rose), Michael Cox, Elizabeth Chadwick, Caleb Carr (The Alienist), Deanna Raybourn, Michelle Moran (Nefertiti), Kathleen Winsor (Forever Amber, though ...

... seemed to think that I would be able to come up with a good list for him. His taste includes things like The Alchemist, The Name of the Rose, The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, John Adams, The Da Vinci Code and writing by Janet Evanovich. Some of the things I've considered ...

... Water for Chocolate The Black Dahlia The Cider House Rules The Lover Empire of the Sun The Piano Teacher The Name of the Rose A Bend in the River The World According to Garp The Shining

Urania, why don't you reread The Name of the Rose? I remember you said once that reading it put you in a state of bliss. I agree with Rebecca that reading a long historical novel is a good paliative sometimes. Best wishes to you both. Murr

... 54. Als Mariner im Krieg by Joachim Ringelnatz semi-autobiographical diary of autor Ringelnatz during WWI 55. Der Name der Rose by Umberto Eco historical whodunnit

... Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovitch - next on a couple of my challenges Let Your Life Speak - from my UU minister The Name of the Rose - from my genre challenge and due at the library soon

... poisoned by the Illuminati. Apparently, the poison would have turned his tongue black, which brings back fond memories of The Name of the Rose.

One's that were previously mentioned above that I couldn't get through: Wuthering Heights I could just never get into The Name of the Rose I gave 75 or so pages then gave up. It was interesting, but not engaging. The other book I could never get through was War and Peace. The ...

One's that were previously mentioned above that I couldn't get through: Wuthering Heights I could just never get into The Name of the Rose I gave 75 or so pages then gave up. It was interesting, but not engaging. The other book I could never get through was War and Peace. The ...

... The Flame Trees of Thika? But I will try to tie the two postings together. Code Name: Little Ivan by John Tiger The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco I Never Promised You a Rose Garden by Hannah Green Never Street by Loren Estleman 45 Mercy street by Anne Sexton

157: I loved The Name of the Rose, was engrossed from page 1 (or thereabouts--it's been years). I loved the political intrigue within the church, the portrait of monastic life, and the murder mystery--and how each played off the other. Those are the three parts that stick. But if it doesn't ...

I have loads of books I have started and not finished... all from this year... it's so annoying! The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco - 500 pages over halfway it is such a boring book! Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll - a kids book shouldn't really take much for me to sit down and ...

Welcome! I have The Name of the Rose on my challenge too. I'll be interested to see what you think.

... of Reverte's historical novels, I think The Fencing Master was a better book. Alatriste was written more in the style of The Name of the Rose by Eco, with a protege narrating, and going off on tangents--in Alatriste it was about the history of Spain and its battles, while the tangents in Rose ...

... Prince 36. Little Women 37. Lolita 38. Lord of the Flies 39. The Lord of the Rings 4o. Moby Dick 41. The Name of the Rose 42. Nineteen Eighty-Four 43. Oliver Twist 44. Once and Future King 45. Perfume 46. The Picture of Dorian Grey 47. Pippi Longstocking ...

8. Who-dunnit - De naam van de Roos by Umberto Eco (currently reading) - - - - - - - -

May, 2005 A Great Deliverance by Elizabeth George The Cherry Orchard by Anton Chekhov The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco Circle of Friends by Mauve Binchy The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky The Concrete Blonde by Michael Connelly Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut This ...

>62 See Umberto Eco's The Name of the Rose for example, I think it accurately depicts how the manuscripts were preserved does it not? Whole monasteries were devoted to copying and recopying major works.

... dam Full Dark House by Christopher Fowler -- contemporary crime related to a murder at a theater during the London blitz The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco -- illustrated manuscripts lead to murder at a medieval monastery Glancing Light by Aaron Elkins -- Seattle art curator investigates ...

I'm halfway through: Through The Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco On the Road by Jack Kerouac The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne

... The godfather 51- The year of the hare 52- Interview with the vampire 53- Hitchiker's guide to the galaxy 54- The name of the rose 55- The handmaid's tale 56- Perfume 57- Contact 58- The pigeon 59- Like water for chocolate 60- Remains of the day * 61- The ...

... year’s efforts. I was more comfortable with the themes and allusions Possession was riddled with than with those in Name of the Rose because I was more comfortable with the assumed subject matter, the mythological aspects especially. I do not claim that I caught everything, but it was ...

... thought I'd like so-and-so's work, but I've neglected to actually read much of it." 23) What is your favorite novel? The Name of the Rose--fun and intelligent. 24) Play? I haven't been gotten much out of reading plays since a phase of being into Theater of the Absurd, but I still ...

... to the right suspect as a conclusion* (unfortunately I can't find my copy at the moment, and can't remember the title). The Name of the Rose is a sort of 'Borges-does-Conan Doyle', I guess. By the way, if anyone reads Borges' Doctor Brodie's Report, there is a story in there called ...

>110 - The Name of the Rose is actually written as a patische of Sherlock Holmes - the two monks creating a Holmes and Watson partnership. (Both their names, William of Baskerville, and Adso play on Conan Doyle's figures). The central library theme however is obviously drawn from Borges - who was, ...

>111, 112 Also, in The Name of the Rose Jorge of Burgos was blind, and needed to be read to by another monk. This was the state that Borges found himself in during his later life. Eco also chose to make Jorge one of the more *ahem* sinister characters, as a tribute to his friend. >113 I am ...

-->107 Eco's The Name of the Rose is written very much as a sort of pastiche of Borges. There are the themes of a discovered manuscript, a labyrinth, a puzzle with a metaphysical solution, and finally an irascible blind monk called Jorge of Burgos. Eco is having fun with Borges throughout the ...

Two mooches came- Count Karlstein by Philip Pullman The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco.

... in history. It is quite a tome at almost 1000 pages, but I am getting through it at a steady pace. If you liked The Name of the Rose, this one is for you.

8. The name of the rose by Umberto Eco I am not sure what I think or feel about this book. It took me a long time to read, compared with most books. I found it tedious and wordy, but still enjoyable. The fact that there are many phrases in latin, and other european languages, made it ...

... used to wonder if 'Literature' was just whatever was left over after everything was shelved in the other categories. So The Name of the Rose is genre fiction (a mystery novel) or literary fiction (because it's 'smarter')? I suspect not, because, as in any cataloging of books or music, the ...

... trawl through the Shardlake series. Another good one and difficult to say what fits in where. The comparissons to Name of the Rose mean that despite my poor views on Foucault's Pendulum, I'll probably be hitting that before too long. 15) Freakonomics then followed and whilst OK I ...

... Susan **** 2. Persuasion **** 3. A Countess Below Stairs **** 4. The Name of the Rose *** 5. Don Quixote ** 6. The Companion - Ann Granger *** 7. Narrative of the Life of Frederic ...

... the Common by Baer, Ann The Voyage of the Narwhal by Barrett, Andrea Girl with a Pearl Earring by Chevalier, Tracy The Name of the Rose by Eco, Umberto The Pillars of the Earth by Follett, Ken Cold Mountain by Frazier, Charles Lily Nevada by Holland, Cecelia The Far Pavilions ...

... Jean M. Auel Death Comes for the Archbishop by Willa Cather My Antonia by Willa Cather Ragtime by E. L. Doctorow The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory Tales of the South Pacific by James Michener Sar ...

The Name of the Rose - while my copy is only 500 pages which isn't that big the story is sooo plodding that it seems much longer... does that count? :-P

... the Wind Carlos Ruiz Zafon Through the Looking Glass Lewis Carroll On The Road by Jack Kerouac Stinkers of 2009: The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco Notes: asterisks rating: 1 = poor 5 = excellent R = reread

... For some reason I never read these as a child? Once I finish The Hour I First Believed I may force myself to pick up The Name of the Rose I got just over halfway in January before I gave up. The book is sooooo plodding and slow!

... Thus Spoke Zarathustra as a prose poem. And, for example, those familiar with Eco's theorical works, tend to read The Name of the Rose as belonging to this body of work.

I'm enjoying your reviews. Great review for Name of the Rose, one of my favorite books--I've read it 3 times, but not recently. I will have to dig out my copy--it's time for a reread. You have given some new stuff to think about--and I don't remember a postscript. I may need to get a newer ...

... he had taken all those years ago. This book is his reading journal from that year. Reading this right after finishing The Name of the Rose was a very interesting experience for me because I got to "watch" Denby teeter back and forth between highly self-referential understandings of the ...

>40 I loved The Name of the Rose and Foucault's Pendulum, but I found Baudolino to be extraordinarily boring. But that's just me - it seems to have several good reviews here on LT.

... him to hold in higher esteem those who think alike than those who think differently." -- Nietzsche "I started to write The Name of the Rose in March of 1978, moved by a seminal idea. I wanted to poison a monk." -- Umberto Eco "Pithy sentences are like sharp nails which force truth upon ...

I read The Name of the Rose many years ago, probably shortly after it came out in the US, and enjoyed it. But I wish I had had some of the reference books that someone in this group had when I read it. I haven't tried any of his other ones. ETA it may have helped to have the Church Latin as a ...

I really enjoyed The Name of the Rose. That's what made me try his other books -- none of which I was able to get into. His book Travels in Hyperreality is the only book I have ever thrown in the garbage. I've decided I must not be smart enough to get him.

#12: I have yet to be able to finish a single one of Eco's books. I have tried The Name of the Rose, Foucalt's Pendulum and Baudolino, but have not finished one yet. I guess he is just over my head or something.

Finally finished The Name of the Rose! It was a bit of a relief to have the mystery solved - I was losing track of all the monks, and the untranslated Latin was getting to me. With all good intentions I had picked up Ethan Frome, wookiebender (and anyone else left to go on the bookray) but I ...

Book 3 of 81 Category: Historical Fiction Item: The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco completed January 22nd Comments: The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco is, at the most simple level, the story of a medieval Franciscan Sherlock and his Dominican Watson setting out to ...

... I like the "Will you like it" feature too, although it's a little puzzling. LibraryThing says I will "probably like" In the Name of the Rose with a certainty of "very high". But if it's a certainty of "very high", then shouldn't I just "like" the novel? It's doing my (sleep-deprived) head ...

... page for a book, "Popularity" is listed across the top along with Members, Reviews, Average Rating etc. I now see that The Name of the Rose has slipped to number 71, so it's a moving feast. If you click on the "Zeitgeist" tab at the top right of any page http://www.librarything.com/zeitg ...

Jubby, I can't believe you tried to read The Name of the Rose in German! I did 3U German for the HSC - God knows why, because *I* don't! - but haven't attempted to read much more than my trilingual edition of Waiting for Godot in German... and that mainly consists of "Let's go. We can't. Why ...

I am reading The Island of the Day Before by Umberto Eco. I read The Name of the Rose last year and I loved it. I really enjoy Eco's style of writing.

... they're spoilerish in nature, and that is one bit of personal philosophy she & I disagree on. :) And I also did read The Name of the Rose when it came out. Dense, can't quite remember much (apart from it being foisted on me by one of my precocious babysitting charges - !!!), but I did ...

... wands'. I am sure that your girls would love that Miss-Owl. And I guess I could put my hand up for attempting to read In the name of the Rose too. Only at the time (nearly 15 years ago - cripes!) I used to board with a retired lecturer, who was fluent in German, Greek and Latin. The ...

... - gratuitous on the part of the characters that is, not the movie makers, as it is definitely in the book too. I've read The Name of the Rose Miss-Owl, but we're talking what . . . about 15 years ago I think. Very long, very dense, a bit precious in parts (like not translating any of the Lati ...

... --> KimB - sounds like another good reason to visit Canberra! I'd love to see the Degas exhibition as well :) Looks like The Name of the Rose made the cut - despite being archaic, latinate and dense, it *is* really interesting and my attention is attracted by chapter subtitles like "In which A ...

... A Clockwork Orange, got a bit impatient with the language and then was warned off by Jubby... now I've just picked up The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco and we'll see if it can get past the nightstand test :) Congrats, wookiebender, on your AK achievement! I think I'll save the ...

... an excellent example. I also would not want to receive a copy of the lost work of Aristotle on comedy mentioned in The Name of the Rose -- the one with poisoned pages -- at least unless I was warned to wear rubber gloves before reading.

I have some different advice on Name of the Rose. I couldn't get into it until I had seen the movie. Then I basically knew what was going on, so could concentrate on the details, and could enjoy it. I'm not sure I'm up to reading it again this year, but it really is worth reading. There's a ...

Postscript to the Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco Book 8 January 21 999 Challenge-related This is actually a tiny collection of mini essays by Eco. It is addressed to people who pay attention to literary theory. Not me. I am afraid that I am not much interested in the differences and ...

The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco Book 7 January 21 999 Challenge - Historical Novels Comments pending recovery. They will appear in my 999 Challege thread, here: http://www.librarything.com/topic/47562 I have never worked that hard to read a work of fiction before in my life.

71. If On a Winter's Night a Traveler, 2006 72. Burger's Daughter, 2008 73. The Name of the Rose, 2005 74. Confederacy of Dunces, 2004 75. Midnight's Children, 2008 76. The Color Purple, 2008 77. Shame, 2004 78. The Handmaid's Tale, 2007 79. Love in the Time of Cholera, 200 ...

Whew!! Just finished The Name of the Rose and my brain hurts. I definitely worked hard on that one. So now I am coasting through Georgette Heyer's first, The Black Moth. My brain will feel better soon and I can take up Great Books by David Denby. I will be posting TNOTR comments ...

... 231. If on a Winter's Night a Traveler by Italo Calvino, 2000 232. A Bend in the River by V.S. Naipaul, 1980 233. The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco, 1982 234. Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole, 1984 235. *Rites of Passage by William Golding, 2008 236. Midnight' ...

... Goldsmith 01/11/09 012. The Daughter of Time by Josephine Tey 01/11/09 013. Nadja by André Breto 01/13/09 014. The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco 01/14/09 015. The Invisble Man by H. G. Wells 01/15/09 FILM: Sweeney Todd (2007); Frost/Nixon (2008); Man on Wire< ...

I just finished re-reading The Name of the Rose. First time was in the late 80's, I think. Not quite as difficult to get through this time.

... pleasantly surprised by it actually. Also re-reading The Trial, working my way through Keep the aspidistra flying and The name of the rose. Audiobooking war and peace also. Am determined to knock off a few this year.....

013. Nadja by André Breto 01/13/09 014. The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco 01/14/09

... Century to the learly 16th. And a lot of things happened in that interval. For the late Middle Ages I would recommend The Name of the Rose by Eco, and A Distant Mirror by Tuchman. For the earlier Middle Ages it is hard to beat the work of Bernard Cornwell, his Arthurian Britain ...

I hope you enjoy The Name of the Rose--I've read it three times and really love it. It's been several years now and I'll probably want to do a reread next year--when 999 is over and I have the time. I'll be interested in your comments when you finish. If you are interested in the Middle Ages ...

> 32 Hi there, MusicMom41. As you see from my note @ 31, I have started The Name of the Rose. I took advantage of your earlier suggestion and did get the The Key to the Name of the Rose, also, as my copy does not have Eco's "Postscript to the Name of the Rose" included, I got a second hand ...

I just started The Name of the Rose. Courtesy of some early advice from MusicMom, I also have a reading guide for it. (Thank you, thank you.) I think, in spite of how learned the author is, how complicated the story, and how long the book, that this will be a fun read. For me, this is an ...

LOL @ #87 mikepatrick I read Name of the Rose and enjoyed it.. I have Foucalt's Pendulum but have not opened its covers yet. I suspect that when I do I will think of you~ I am reading Splendid Solution and finding it surprisingly interesting.

... year: * The journal of Dora Damage by Belinda Starling * The tales of Beedle the Bard by J.K. Rowling * The name of the rose by Umberto Eco * Playing with the grownups by Sophie Dahl * Heaven's net is wide by Lian Hearn * Adverbs by Daniel Handler * ...

... year ago but I still remember how I felt after finishing it. It's like being on a roller coaster. This week I am reading The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco. I am going to go back and take notes because the history, latin, and rambling subplots are confusing me. Stay tuned for a mixed ...

Trying something The Name of the Rose Interesting. If I see the touchstones down the side, I also see the bottom of the page. If not, then not. I usually wait until the touchstones click in, because until that I can't seem to get the go to first unread link to work. Today that link does ...

I am reading The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco... I'll get back to you about how I like it....

... May Alcott (counted as one because it's in one book for me) and Eat Pray Love by Elizabeth Gilbert. Now I'm reading The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco which is slow going and not as enjoyable as the other two. I'm up to page 70 and tomorrow I'm going to go back and 1) write down the ...

... Little Women and Good Wives by Louisa May Alcott. Then I tucked into Eat Pray Love by Elizabeth Gilbert. Then I started The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco. That one kinda but the brakes on - it's not an easy or even pleasurable read to me yet.

... Rabbit is Rich {10/7} 17. Melville: Billy Budd {5/1}, Bartleby, the Scrivener {7/2}, Typee {10/10} 18. Eco: The Name of the Rose {1/14}, Foucault's Pendulum {3/2}

The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco The Idea of Perfection by Kate Grenville A Thread of Grace by Mary Doria-Russell Frost in May by Antonia White All Passion Spent by Vita Sackville-West

... Daughters and Seven Sons Under the Jolly Roger The Ends of the Circle The Name of the Rose Cleopatra's Heir Castle in the Air Sunshine Brave New World Alternates: 28: Stories of AIDS in Afric ...

A bit late but never mind...hard to pick from a great year! My top fiction reads: The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco The Idea of Perfection by Kate Grenville A Thread of Grace - Mary Doria Russell Frost in May by Antonia White Non-fiction: All too Human by George Stephanop ...

... roux Skinny Bitch, Rory Freedman The Illuminator, Brenda Rickman Vantrease Ramses The Son of Light, Christian Jacq The Name of the Rose, Umberto Eco - a re-read The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Douglas Adams The Return of Merlin, Deepak Chopra One Flew Over the Cuck ...

... The Right One In (Sweden) Finished Feb 27 iv. The Sailor Who Fell From Grace With The Sea (Japan) Finished April 8 v. The Name of The Rose (Italy) Finished April 30 vi. Like Water For Chocolate (Mexico) Finished June 6 vii. The Inheritance of Loss (India) Finished July 19 viii. Life ...

... Success by Max G. Manwaring The Wars of the Roses: Peace and Conflict in Fifteenth-Century England by John Gillingham The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco Quick Fixes from Favorite Brand Name Mixes Favorite Poems Old and New: Selected For Boys and Girls by Helen Ferris

... ga) batman, spidey, superdude all left me cold and bored. Ironman was fun, because it was intentionally goofy. We liked in the name of the rose both book & movie. We really want to see the relatively recent adaptation of Alatriste, but it's not available here in the US. Perez-Reverte's ...

... book was bought expressly for "active reading." But my spouse forgets when totally involved. So I have a rare First Edition Postscript to the Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco that now is totally annotated in pencil.

... I open it up and read the front dustjacket flap. It mentions 1517, Martin Luther, The Reformation, and Anabaptists. And The Name of the Rose. Interested, I then look for information on the rear dustjacket flap for the author. Luther Blissett- four pseudonymous authors from Bologna, Italy. Now ...

... read both; Foucault's Pendulum, IMHO, is much weirder, and definitely less plotty, although I did still enjoy it. I loved The Name of the Rose - reading this thread, I daresay I didn't get much above 25% of the references, but I thought it was fantastic. I also really love Eco's essays - How ...

>38: From what you said, it sounds like The Name of the Rose maybe has more of a plot than Foucault's Pendulum--perhaps that makes it more accessible to a wider audience? Do you have any plans to read Foucault's Pendulum? I've read several reviews of people who liked one book but not the ...

... interesting for readers while still indulging his crazy medievalist cravings. I'd say his skill lies in balancing the two. The Name of the Rose has its strengths in that it's very obviously a take on a classic variety of mystery. There's the philosophy business, but there's still a bunch of ...

I haven't read The Name of the Rose, but I have read Foucault's Pendulum and it had basically the same issues. Every once in a while I would recognize a factoid that sounded familiar, but it was more or less a thousand pages of what, for all I knew, could have been a bunch of made-up history. ...

Fall-term finals make it difficult to read books, but I managed to get through The Name of the Rose this week. It was tremendously difficult and extremely rewarding-- and I say difficult, but I've also had six years of Latin from middle and high-school and have taken courses on the medieval ...

... in the middle (after starting out as what seemed to be historical fiction), and sluggish writing. So disappointing after The Name of the Rose and Foucault's Pendulum. The only think I got out of it was that it expanded my vocabulary. The Leopard by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa - Had ...

... in the middle (after starting out as what seemed to be historical fiction), and sluggish writing. So disappointing after The Name of the Rose and Foucault's Pendulum. The only think I got out of it was that it expanded my vocabulary. The Leopard by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa - Had ...

... by Joe McGinniss. It's a fast read and fascinating background on Nixon's presidential campaign. Last week I finished The Name of the Rose then Frost in May, so I feel like something short!

... the book and the film versions. One of the few cases where I like both and find that I can enjoy them near the same time. Name of the Rose I had trouble getting into until I had seen the film. Both are good, the movie a lot more accessable.

The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco, because it was the 2nd most popular after Fugitive Pieces. I loved it!

Book #6: The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco. 5 stars (again) I loved this book!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I can't believe it's been sitting unread in our house for 15 years. The ending was so sad. I'm too tired to write more, because I stayed up till 10.45 to finish it, and there are lots of ...

... and the other in college there) somehow that ended up in my son's library. If you like it I will get another copy. The Name of the Rose is one of my favorite books. The second time I read it I found a companion volume that translated all the Latin passages and also gave quite a bit of ...

I'm somewhere in northern Italy in The Name of The Rose. And it's very exciting!!

With all these shoves perhaps I should give The Name of The Rose another chance with a reread soon.

An update - I'm reading The Name of the Rose now and loving it. I'm about 60 pages in and very glad I learnt Latin at school...

... by Muriel Spark. I'm still reading The Edwardians but keep getting sidetracked by fiction! I'm about one day into The Name of the Rose and loving it. #13 AMQS, I loved The Chosen too and went on a Chaim Potok binge after I'd read it.

... sort or another: An Instance of the Fingerpost by Iain Pears. A mystery, but a very chewy one. If you are fond of The Name of the Rose, you might enjoy this one as well. A Mantis Carol by Laurens Van der Post. This book is difficult to describe, but worth seeking out. It is non-fi ...

... it a try. P.S. I would not suggest mysteries as I know you are not fond of the genre. Incidentally, I agree with you on The Name of the Rose....GREAT!

... to me. Gadda is not. Doesn't he write mysteries? Mystery/detective fiction has to be really good for me to like it. The Name of the Rose is my idea of the perfect mystery. >22 tomcatMurr, Are you perchance a fan of E.T.A. Hoffmann or Robertson Davies or both? I ask because of ...

... underdog melancholia of the Russian soul. The Umberto Eco I'd nudge off. I've never really got on well with him. Even The Name of the Rose left me underwhelmed (I think I must have missed a lot). I haven't read that particular Graham Swift yet but he is a good writer.

For your next read, Name of the Rose. It is AWESOME and so smart. I lived in bliss while I read it. In fact, I think I shall go read it again . . . now.

Finished Name of the Rose, am glad. I found it tedious in places. Will now saunter through The First Jesuits and pick up Twice Shy. I find some non-fiction better if it is read in increments.

... View from Castle Rock because I haven't read it and I think Munro is a fantastic writer. I agree with Nickelini about The Name of the Rose. Well worth reading when you're in the mood to work at it. Lots of philosophical and theological references. I wish I'd known about The Key to The Name ...

... Sun and Every Light in the House Burning, which I might even have preferred to the wonderful Small Island. Oh, and The Name of the Rose is definitely worth the read, too (but it gets less of my nudge than the first two!) Interesting to see your thoughts on Fugitive Pieces - I read it ...

Consider The Name of the Rose nudged. Rent the movie after you've read the book, starring Sean Connery. They changed the plot a little, but he did a decent job. The Club Dumas was OK, but nothing to get excited about. Unfortunately, it seems most of the others are on my TBR pile as well.

1) The Chocolate Puppy Puzzle 2) The Name of the Rose 3) If You Give A Cat a Cupcake 4) The Lace Reader 5) Twice Shy 6) The Archangel Project 7) The First Jesuits 8) Star Trek Enterprise Kobayashi Maru 9) The Sharing Knife Horizon 10 Power of Three Warriors Eclipse

Chocolate Puppy Puzzle is first to be read, then I'll finish up on Name of the Rose. The chocolate one is a library book. And I'll also get back to The First Jesuits. The puppy one also doesn't require too much thinking other than trying to figure out "who done it" and since my husband and I ...

3. Books that Have Been on My Shelves for at Least 10 Years . The Temple of My Familiar by Alice Walker The Name of the Rose byUmberto Eco The Floating World by Cynthia Kadohata

Three books - Name of the Rose, Chocolate Puppy Puzzle, The First Jesuits A good start to my second 50Challenge.

... Puppy Puzzle as an Interlibrary Loan. Not sure what county it came from but it's not mine. I am still trying to read Name of the Rose and The First Jesuits, though I think I do the puppy one first. I need a break from thinking when I read.

When The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco was published I bought it and I started it several times without being able to go through it, I used to read a few pages before getting bored. Then I broke my left ankle playing rugby and I was bedridden for forty-five days , so I picked it up for the ...

I got here too late, I fear, but my choices wouldn't have affected the outcome anyway - they'd be The Name of the Rose for fiction and Stasiland for nonfiction. I enjoyed reading the comments above, though.

I would nudge The View from Castle Rock or The Name of the Rose - but it depends what sort of mood you're in as they are so very different! Lots of interesting stuff on here. Intrigued by The Mulberry Empire - there is a nearly new copy going for a quid in a second-hand store near me and I ...

... Stein The Mermaid Chair by Sue Monk Kidd **Non-American Authors** READ The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao (2008 Pulitzer) by Junot Diaz Don Qu ...

Am reading The Name of the Rose. Went to the first of a three part talk on the Jesuits tonight (other two are the next two Mondays) and since there will be a discussion on the third night, I thought I should read up on them a little so I found The First Jesuits amongst my collection of unread ...

... about it, although I think everyone was distracted with other things that month. But everyone else seems to love it. The Name of the Rose, I liked this one a lot, but you must be in the mood for it and be prepared to work at it a bit. I read it with The Key to the Name of the Rose, ...

Can I give about a third of a nudge to The Name of the Rose and maybe two-thirds to Fugitive Pieces, a book I got rid of then realised how much I had loved it?

... NO idea how much they have to do w/ the books,but the Bourne Identity movies are fun. I also liked the movie versions of in the name of the rose and smilla's sense of snow. The best part of the movie version was just how COLD the movie felt. This summer we enjoyed Brideshead Revisited ...

Just started The Name of the Rose

... 1/2 * The Known World 1/2 * The Name of the Rose 1/2 * It's funny looking at where the books have come from. The Name of the Rose has been on my shelf from about 15 years. I bought it for a plane trip from here to the East Coast of the US and of course needed something trashier. ...

... by Erik Larson. As far as fiction. I've read The Known World, The Madonnas of Leningrad, The Inheritance of Loss, The Name of the Rose, Fugitive Pieces and A Good House.-I couldn't figure why A Good House won the Giller Prize. My choice -Fugitive Pieces

... finished Sandworms of Dune and my 50 challenge is done - on to challenge #2. I will start my second 50 Challenge with The Name of the Rose.

Definitely The Known World and The Name of the Rose. I was a bit disappointed in The Club Dumas, in spite of many people praising it.

... good historical fiction. I also very much enjoyed Half of a Yellow Sun, Sixty Lights, The Madonnas of Leningrad, The Name of the Rose, The Known World, The View from Castle Rock and The Inheritance of Loss - much depends on what kind of you are up for. Geesh, I feel like you've ...

... is excellent and Andrea Levy's Small Island is brilliant although I've not read Every Light In The House Burnin. The Name of the Rose I read a long time ago and vaguely remember being a bit disappointed after all the hype about it and I had to give up on The Island Of The Day Before. ...

book 102 The name of the rose by Umberto Eco A good read, historical fiction with a bit of suspence in an Italian monastary with a famous library, 14th century. And under this a story about different views, ideas, words, books and how people deal with them.

i was going to mention in the name of the rose as a good example of a secret as motivator because individual action/reaction is more important to the plot/reader than the secret itself. And agree, too, about Foucault's Pendulum..though i never finished it so shouldn't be too didactic about it..( ...

Suppression of secret truths - Umberto Eco - good - The Name of the Rose. Suppression of secret truths - Umberto Eco - bad - Foucault's Pendulum.

I am reading The name of the Rose by Umberto Eco, but one of our dogs had surgery yesterday, so I was not concentrated enough to read on. So I took a bit lighter book (#101) Blackface stallion by Helen Griffiths, she is one of my favourite authors, she writes mostly childrens/YA books about ...

... our doing survey research and has branched into related fields. well enough self promotion.. which makes me thing of in the name of the rose and Cryptonomicon as a couple of genre books that demanded and rewarded attention. NSteph went downhill posthaste afterwards..i'm trying to get ...

I was recommended The Eight by a friend after a brief discussion of Umberto Eco and, naturally enough, The Da Vinci Code. I loved Foucault's Pendulum and have always meant to read The Name of the Rose after seeing the movie. Neville's effort, regrettably, was for me laughable. At ...

1327, Italy in The name of the rose by Umberto Eco.

I started today The name of the rose by Umberto Eco. Reading Kristin Lavransdatter made me want to read more historical fiction ;-)

Historical Novels 1. The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco 2. Possession by AS Byatt 3. Katherine by Anya Seton 4. King Hereafter by Dorothy Dunnett 5. A Glastonbury Romance by John Cowper Powys 6. Innocent Traitor by Alison Weir 7. When Christ ...

I will probably give The Name of the Rose a try again in the future. It seems to be one of those books that I really should like, but then again, I have not had any luck reading any of Eco's other books either. Maybe it is just my brain.

Thanks, everybody. alcottacre, I ended up associating The Alienist with The Name of the Rose had the quality of being novels in which the protagonists are trying to come up with modern detective techniques using then-current knowledge. I can see why people find Rose pretty impenetrable, ...

... I really liked both it and the sequel The Angel of Darkness. On the other hand, I never could get anywhere with Name of the Rose. Oh, well - just goes to prove once again that tastes differ.

... for the encouragement! :) Yeah, my daughter liked book 1 and then the later books the best. I haven't actually read The Name of the Rose yet. It's in my TBR. My baby also read that one and really liked it. She had so much fun this past summer reading all of my Folio books before going ...

... group of detectives trying to stop a serial killer in 1896 New York. It doesn't quite live up to the gold standard of Name of the Rose as far as historical detective fiction, but still pretty enjoyable. 69. Antologia de la Literatura Fantastica Borges & friends collect examples ...

... loved The First Circle but if you like that you must read his Cancer Ward novel - oh my, was that good. Now reading The Name of the Rose which I'm really enjoying. Eugenie Grandet was great BTW.

... a Life in Medicine by Sherwin B. Nuland, a surgeon and professor of medicine at Yale. This week I'm planning to read The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco, God's Own Country by Ross Raisin, which made the longlist for the 2008 Guardian First Book Award, and How Fiction Works by ...

following #7, brunellus: The Name of the Rose is a really wonderful book, but I can't say the same of anything else Umberto Eco wrote, I fear. I had high hopes for Baudolino for a while, because it began well, but then veered off into off-putting fevered fantasy.

... Godel Escher and Bach Owned it for a year and haven't even cracked it for fear of finding myself out of my league. The Name of the Rose Started twice but couldn't get more than 50 pages in. The Complete Works of William Shakespeare The only one I've read thru is Julius Caesar (and ...

#100 katylit I guess Clerkenwell Tales goes on my wish list. I loved The Name of the Rose--I've read it 3 times but not recently. When I get the Ackroyd book maybe I'll read them back to back to compare. (I love to "make connections" between books.)

I finished The Clerkenwell Tales which I enjoyed. I found it along the lines of The Name of the Rose in theological debate and medieval tidbits of information. Now I'm reading The Wine of Angels by Phil Rickman. I've had this for ages - figuratively at the bottom of my TBR pile and just ...

... a big fan of Halloween, it would depend on the book. What are your suggestions? My suggestions would be as follows: The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco Dr Zhivago by Boris Pasternak Germinal by Émile Zola The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende A P ...

#396 thatbooksmell I look forward to seeing you on Poisonwood Bible site next week! If you decide to get Name of the Rose which I highly recommend, try to get Key to the Name of the Rose by Adele J. Haft. It will help you enjoy the book more--even if you only use it to get the ...

... The Poisonwood Bible so that I can join the book discussion here, and also The Other Boleyn Girl. I *almost* grabbed The Name of the Rose but I wasn't getting any deals so I passed for now. It sucks being poor. LOL

... from Fiction/Non-Fiction/Anything and get the first line from a book like such: It is a sin to write this. ( ) The Name of the Rose ( ) Anthem ( ) Star Trek 8 ( ) Captain's Courageous ( ) The Golden Compass And then got points for getting it right - and said points ...

... across America only using 'mom and pop' (i.e. independent) stores, gas stations and hotels. Very interesting. I have put the name of the rose back on the tbr pile for now, but will come back to it at some point. There's just so many great books crying out to be read!

... July 30th, has just left Nevada on its way to me in NH (ha ha ha ha ,,,,, no seriously). From the other thread, I read The Name of the Rose and mostly enjoyed it, though I could have done without the 80 page description of the doorway. Really liked the movie, I think they complimented each ...

#93 - I managed to get through Name of the Rose years ago, after many people had recommended it. It was winter, I had a cold, figured, "why not kick back with some hot lemonade and Name of the Rose? After reading it I thought, "what the heck was that about?" Don't know if it was the winter, the ...

I have a copy of Name of the Rose. I bought it because Eco's name kept appearing in crossword puzzles and I was intrigued - amazing where one can find books and authors to try. I haven't gottne to it yet.

... every couple of years or so and often get different things from it - I have yet to see the films! I'm currently reading the name of the rose and am finding it hard going despite being an eco fan. I just can't keep up with all the different religious sects that all accuse each other of these ...

... I love Thursday Next so much. Recently abandoned books include kept a victorian mystery and I'm currently reading the name of the rose which is not going well.

Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco...he could have left out over half of the book and not affected the story at all. This is why I MUCH prefer the movie with Sean Connery and a young Christian Slater. Eaters of the Dead by Crichton was turned into the movie 13th Warrior starring Antonio Banda ...

The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco Name Games by Michael Craft Games to Keep the Dark Away by Marcia Muller Footsteps in the Dark by Georgette Heyer Sherlock Holmes' London: Following the Footsteps of London's Master Detective by Tsukasa Kobayashi

The Name of the Rose: including the Author's Postscript by Umberto Eco

The only Italian author I know that sounds like that would be Eco. I don't remember it from The Name of the Rose, so I'll guess Foucault's Pendulum, which I've never read.

... bit by bit. And the characters really come alive. I also second the recommendations of The Doomsday Book and The Name of the Rose. You can probably find a lot more books in your "missing centuries" at my Historical Novels website: www.H ...

... thorne The Copper Beach by Maeve Binchy Rosehaven by Catherine Coulter The Red Tent by Anita Diamant The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco

I believe The Name of the Rose was originally Italian...

... (Barbara Bray, 1978) 20. Christa Wolf – A Model Childhood (Ursule Molinaro, Hedwig Rappolt, 1982) 21. Umberto Eco – The Name of the Rose (William Weaver, 1983) 23. Milan Kundera – The Unbearable Lightness of Being (Michael Henry Heim, 1984) 24. Marguerite Duras – The Lover (Barb ...

... fiction, because you've also joined the Historical Fiction group. Perhaps you've read some Umberto Eco before? The Name of the Rose is well worth reading, especially if you like an academic style of writing. I always recommend Robin Hobb's Farseer books, beginning with Assassin ...

... with Love and Squalor by J.D. Salinger Elizabeth Rex by Timothy Findley Queen Victoria's Daughters by E.F. Benson The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco

#130: mrsradcliffe, When you read The Name of The Rose you might find the companion book, Key to the Name of The Rose by Adele J. Haft helpful. Key provides translations of all the Latin in Rose and helps clarify some medieval theological points discussed by the characters in the novel. ...

#117 Foucault's pendulum is brillinat, I have the name of the rose waiting for me on my tbr shelf! I love the mysteries of udolpho very much, despite the dodgy poetry! I'm currently reading brick lane which is wonderful in its balance of tragedy with comedy. Although I think it's all ...

msg#5, No, I've picked up a used copy of The Name of the Rose but not read that either. Thanks for your thoughts, I'll probably still give it a go but try Rose first now.

... (Whitehead). The Library of Babel is one of my favorite Borges tales - which will be forever linked with Eco's Name of the Rose for more reason than one. #15 Gene Wolfe's The Island of Doctor Death and Other Stories is a brilliant story that depicts, to me, the power of ...

... Luis Fernando Verissimo The Sea, the Sea by Iris Murdoch Miami and the Siege of Chicago by Norman Mailer The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco Nobility of Spirit: A Forgotten Ideal by Rob Riemen Compulsive Acts: A Psychiatrist's Tales of Ritual and Obsession by El ...

... Umberto Eco is one of my all-time favorite authors. His writing is so fascinating. I've read Foucault's Pendulum, The Name of the Rose, The Island of the Day Before, and The Mysterious Flame of Queen Loana. Each of the books is complexly layered, historically interesting and quite ...

Strangely, I have very few E authors on my shelves. I have Name of the Rose but never managed to finish it. I'm not going to say Eliot either because I only read half of Middlemarch and just started reading Daniel Deronda - I'm really liking that so far though. Out of the rest of the E ...

I'm reading The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco. It is very descriptive and takes me back to my philosophy 101 class. I'm really into it though and I can't wait to dive in some more tonight. #32--I'll have to take The Corrections off the shelf again. I read 2 pages a few years ago and felt ...

... Kurt Vonnegut The Wars of the Roses, Alison Weir Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, Tom Stoppard The Name of the Rose, Eco

Bumping to E-Authors Umberto Eco. Even though I have just started reading Name of the Rose, I can tell that it is a great novel: a murder mystery set in a monastery in the 1300's...how much of a theology and history geek did he have to be to pull this story off? Amazing to me the amount ...

... certain work then it is Literature...for You..same with Jazz...very subjective....Perez- Reverte is one of my favorites Name of The Rose is, to me, a Classic

... Several of Arturo Perez-Reverte's novels have beautiful writing and are clearly literature. Certainly Umberto Eco's Name of the Rose transcends much of the usual mystery genre and is classified as literary, not just as a mystery.

... but I'm interested by #36 which claims name of the rose wasn't so bad? Not to pick on you, but you must really hate Name of the Rose if you have to paraphrase someone's enthusiasm of a book as "wasn't so bad." (Then again, I thought it was pretty good.) #56 - In another bit of irony, ...

... I hated it so much I swore not to touch anythign else Eco ever wrote, but I'm interested by #36 which claims name of the rose wasn't so bad? Any other supporters for this view? Quicksilver I don't like historical fantasy /alternative history much anyway, and this is a prime ...

I loved The Name of the Rose in book and movie form, but Foucault's Pendulum and The Island of the Day Before are dreck. Actually, I've never even finished The Island - it just gradually filtered out of my reading pile.

... flip pages until the real story resumes, at least in the Cryptonomicon, but I still both enjoyed and liked it. I liked The name of the rose as well, back when I read it, but that was a considerable time ago and I don't know what I'd make of it now. Time for a reread, may be. Mappa ...

... able to empathise with humanity, but sometimes I want to read something a little more cheerful! So I picked up in the end the name of the rose, the golden notebook and then went to the charity shop and got on beauty and the accidentals So I'm well stocked up, but not sure of the order ...

There now, you see? I love Wuthering Heights, it's one of my constant re-reads. And I've read The Name of the Rose twice now, and after just recently talking about it with MrsLee I've been thinking I should read it again soon (I guess I'm weird too drneutron ;-) And after diligently ...

Well, The Name of the Rose is one of my favorites, but I'm weird. 8^} Jonathan Strange and Mister Norrell is on my list. And Cryptonomicon and the Baroque Cycle by Neal Stephenson.

# 8 - I don't think I ever even finished The Name of the Rose... #6 - Exactly. I couldn't feel much sympathy for any of the main characters. Also, how many times in one book does a writer need to have her characters stare at patterns of light on the floor/wall/snow and have flashbacks?

A rose for Emily William Faulkner I never promised you a rose garden Hanna Greenberg The name of the rose Umberto Eco Rose in Bloom Louisa May Alcott The Rose Rent Ellis Peters

... Flame of Queen Loana (which is great). I don't know if Eco uses these themes in his other works (I can't imagine it in Name of the Rose), but I was struck immediately by a) his use of his childhood growing up in Mussolini's Fascist Italy b) guilt from that era, even though he was 10-12 ...

Well, that does it. I've got to read Foucault's Pendulum now! :) I remember very much liking The Name of the Rose when I read it 20 some years ago, so perhaps I'll be able to handle this one.

... plot without a computer's help. I wouldn't start with this book, though. i've read comments on LT where readers found The name of the Rose irritating because of the journey to the monastery. I haven't read it in many years and don't have it in my library at the moment (but will order it ...

... Wimsey and Sergeant Cuff and Gabriel Betteredge from The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins Brother William of Baskerville from The Name of the Rose Freckles Polly from An Old-Fashioned Girl by L.M. Alcott Aminata Diallo from The Book of Negroes by Lawrence Hill - she'd be ...

Yesterday, I finished The name of the rose, so that makes 40 out of 1001.

30. The name of the rose - Umberto Eco Wow, history, literary theory ánd detective! My favorite subjects all in one book. I loved it. I think I saw the movie in history class, because I could remember some of the scenes. While I was reading, I suddenly saw a scene from the movie before me. Str ...

... and Demons by Dan Brown the main character is searching though the Vatican's special library for a manuscript. The Name of the Rose b Umberto Eco need I say more? Gehenna, the Final Night by Ari Marmell at one point characters were searching through an other vampires ...

... - The Bible --> Finished. Now I am going to read Ecclesiastes. Les Grecs ont ils cru a leurs mythes? - Paul Veyne The name of the rose - Umberto Eco Orientalism - Edward Said The Brother Karamazow - Dostojevski In de bovenkooi - Maarten Biesheuvel (Dutch short stories)

... kids to be labeled "lazy" and what parents and educators can do to keep those kids from falling through the cracks. 30. Postscript to the Name of the Rose Grabbed this at the library on a whim and read it in one sitting. I always like to read Eco, even when he's waxing esoteric. Some ...

... short stories. The only book I deliberately didn't finish was Umberto Eco's Island of the Day Before much as I enjoyed The Name of the Rose and his short works. I got resentful that I was stuck on a ship with a character who was apparently alone for such a long time that after 400+ pages I ...

... I'd forgotten to mention and book which I recently read (8th of July): 40. Veronika decides to die -Paulo Coelho 41.The name of the rose - Umberto Eco 42. Billy Liar - Keith Waterhouse 43. Nadja - Andre Breton 44. To the lighthouse - Virginia Woolf 45. The notebooks of Malte La ...

The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco

Umberto Eco's Name of the Rose

I agree that the Name of the Rose is very good. From the N's I also think that two dystopian novels are also very good: Never Let Me Go and Nineteen Eighty-four.

... translate all the Latin passages? Because I just skipped those, and have always wondered what they said. #208 jhedlund - The Name of the Rose isn't an easy book to read - it's pretty dense, and Eco does ramble sometimes. I thought it was easier than Foucault's Pendulum, though.

A bizarre coincidence - I just jump-started the 1001 favorite books in alphabetical order game with The Name of the Rose. How strange.

Can we move on to N books? I haven't read very many of them, but my favorite is probably The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco, a medieval murder mystery set in a monastery.

I enjoyed The Name of the Rose, but someone helpfully advised me to get a copy of The Key to the Name of the Rose. It definitely helped.

One reason I want to persevere on The Name of the Rose is because after reading The Flanders Panel by Arturo Perez-Reverte (which I loved), I read an interview with the author where he says the book was inspired by The Name of the Rose. I'll have to try again.

#205 Just wanted to say that I read The Name of the Rose ages ago and remember enjoying it, though it is a substantial book that takes some effort (i.e., thought) to get through. It's not for someone who's in the mood for something light and easy to read, but if you're looking for a really good, ...

... so beloved, and I can't seem to get through them. David Copperfield (although I've gotten more than halfway through), In the Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco, Love in the Time of Cholera, and Jane Eyre to name a few. I wish I had put down The Memory Keeper's Daughter, and I ...

The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy. Also, The Name of the Rose. I've always been fascinated by the dark ages. Maybe Ivanhoe, too, while I'm in the time traveling mode. Of course, you're at the mercy of the author to have gotten things right.

Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco Symphony No. 6 in f minor opus 68 "Pastoral" by Ludwig van Beethoven Cabbage and Bones by Maureen Howard (Hey, my parents always had ornamental cabbage in the yard, that's gotta count for a flower..) Angela's ASHes by Frank McCourt The Nig ...

... my mostly untrained eye) to be quite accurate. Umberto Eco is a ubiquitous recommendation for the period, too, with The Name of the Rose.

MrsLee, let me know what you think of The Name of the Rose. It's been quite a while since I read it, but I loved the long debates about whether or not God would be happy with poverty or wealth in the mediaeval church. I could see both sides and other people I talked to would look at me, just ...

I'd suggest: Miss Smilla's Feeling for Snow by Peter Hoeg The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco My Name is Red by Orhan Pamuk

... fall outside the limits of what you like to read. For example, I liked Shadow of the Wind by Zafon but was bored with Name of the Rose by Eco. Both are convoluted. Both are melodramatic. Both involve a search. The difference for me was that everything in Shadow of the Wind had a direct ...

... Trilogy by Nigel Tranter is the story of Robert Bruce and the reconquest of Scotland. And then, of course, you have The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco, one of the most famous historical novels ever, and one of my all time favourites.

... Margarita The German Lesson (long ago) Fear of Flying The Shining If on a winter's night a traveler (favorite) The name of the rose (favorite) Memorial do Convento by Jose Saramago ("Klosterkrønike" in Norwegian) The unbearable lightness of being The Music of Chance Out ...

... - uh-oh. Today, a mixed bag: Freakonomics by Steven D. Levitt The Complete Poems by Christina Rossetti The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco - it's about time a Medieval lit major actually own this The Rules of Attraction and Lunar Park by Bret Easton Ellis

... of Wrath (John Steinbeck), but I just can't seem to do it. I know how it ends and I get skeeved. I've also abandoned The Name of the Rose (Umberto Eco) twice in the last seven years. Sigh....

... ! A Room With a View by E.M. Forster The Greek Philosophers, from Thales to Aristotle by William K. Guthrie The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco On Writing: a Memoir of the Craft by Stephen King The Claverings by Anthony Trollope Light Thickens by Ngaio March ...

... tect. If you like the subject matter you might read Umberto Eco's Foucault's Pendulum. It is not as easy to read as his The Name of the Rose but entertaining. It starts with a murder in a cathedral. He has a much better grasp of history, philosophy and literature. Now where is the ...

... I bet." I also just realised that I never finished my plea for Eco. I agree with a lot of Kaelirenee's comments on The Name of the Rose and Foucalt's Pendulum. They're Eco's best books, in my opinion, but can be tricky if you don't have a lot of background in the fields being ...

The only one I read was Name of the Rose, which, as I recall, was a dense, dark, lengthy medieval mystery. I know I enjoyed it, but I haven't read any more Eco since.

I've read The Name of the Rose...............how about Sister Carrie by Theodore Dreiser?

... or Les Liaisons Dangereuses if you prefer (and it seems the touchstone does). How about one of my all-time favorites, Name of the Rose?

... And Jacqueline Kirby. And, of course, The Name of the Rose.

... and carriages and such. Probably half the words on there came from Outlander alone. I didn't even try to keep up with The Name of the Rose. :)

... Familiar. (warning - The Notary does have a few icky parts). In fact, I would say that the Inquisitor is kind of like The Name of the Rose without the philosophy. :)

... be, but it was an okay read. It did give me some insight into political campaigning, and that was interesting... I read Name of the Rose years ago and enjoyed it.. might have to hunt down a copy of Foucault's Pendulum...

#48, #53 -- I struggled a bit recently with The Name of the Rose. I thought the pay-off wasn't worth some of the drudgery with that novel. #50 -- I LOVED The Story of Lucy Gault. so haunting -- it is the only thing I have read of Trevor's so far, but his writing is amazing. I have ...

... that come at the subject from the other direction, stuff like Miss Smilla's Feeling for Snow, The Secret History or The Name of the Rose, very literary novels, but they have crimes at their hearts. I have a "crime" tag, the term is more commonly used for the genre than "mystery" in ...

I finally (finally!) finished The Name of the Rose last night in a fit of stubborn determination. This afternoon I picked up The Last of the Really Great Whangdoodles to give my brain a break and polished it off in an hour and a half - I loved it, and am sad that no one ever pointed me ...

I finished The Name of the Rose last night, review here. Short version: Not for me. At all. carly, how about It Must've Been Something I Ate? Maybe I'm just missing the Food Network since we got rid of cable, but I think it looks really ...

I'm still putting up the good fight with Name of the Rose... hopefully I'll get inspired and finish it by the end of the weekend. I also started The Last of the Really Great Whangdoodles by Julie Andrews Edwards today at lunch, to give my brain a little bit of a break. Current audiobook ...

... and set this in stone. Fiction: Shantaram-Gregory David Roberts A Tree Grows in Brooklyn-Betty Smith The Name of the Rose-Umberto Eco Out Stealing Horses-Per Petterson Zeroville-Steve Eiickson Non-Fiction: The Executioner's Song-Norman Mailer T ...

All things midieval was already a fascination when I read Name of the Rose. But when I finished it all I could think was how the mystry compared to Sherlock Holms. I was warned away from the rest of Eco's work. No Conrad for me. *shudder*.

... reasons they go to some women, too. :) As for Eco, I like (not LOVE) the two of his books I have made it through. Name of the Rose I read in college-my roommate was assigned to read it for a lit class, rented the movie, I was interested in it, so I grabbed her copy of the book and ...

... started A Certain Slant of Light by Laura Whitcomb. Also, I'm still struggling through The Name of the Rose - hopefully it will get finished sometime this weekend.

... e) An Instance of the Fingerpost by Iain Pears (several of his other books would probably qualify, too.) The Quincunx The Name of the Rose

Probably going to finish Baudolino by the end of tomorrow. I didn't enjoy it as much as The Name of the Rose, but I was still pleasantly impressed. Next up is Cat's Cradle by Vonnegut

... Confidential. No one does it better than James Ellroy. I'd also doff my cap to The Hound of the Baskervilles and The Name of the Rose.

I rather liked The Name of the Rose. I did take Latin throughout High School, but eventhen this was achallenge, as I took classical Latin, and Umberto Eco uses a medieval almost vernacular Latin. This is a mystery, even if the author plays with his text a bit. Perhaps even sex and ...

>73 Re: The Name of the Rose - Thank you, that's all I needed to hear. As long as there's a story coming eventually, I'll keep slogging through the dense parts.

#41 For Name of the Rose you might want to check out Key to the Name of the Rose by Adele J. Haft. Be warned: Eco said he refused his publisher's requests to cut the density of the fist 100-125 pages down because he said if the reader couldn't make the climb up the hill he didn't ...

I am reading The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco

... but even I thought that it went downhill after the family left Africa. >11 jhowell - I came in here to complain about The Name of the Rose - I'm only 70 pages into it, but it's making me feel like I'm too dumb to read it. So far, the book promised on the cover is not the book I'm reading.. ...

... - sadly the ending didn't redeem the confusing nature of the rest of the book. I've scratched the surface of The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco for my Go Review That Book! assignment... and hopefully it gets more involving, because the prologue and first little bit are really ...

I am currently reading The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco.

... last week and a bunch of stuff coming in at the library and family visiting, I don't know when I'm going to get around to In the Name of the Rose. Eventually, I swear!

... even then I wonder if he was right and also, now I think of it, realise his book on the novel never once mentioned Eco or The Name of the Rose which also tackled humour and the sacred of course.

Crime / Mystery: 1. Hollow Man FINISHED 2. The Name of the Rose FINISHED 3. The spy who came in from the cold FINISHED 4. The Moonstone 5. The Godfather FINISHED 6. The Lincoln lawyer 7. The big sleep 8. The woman in white FINISHED Fantasy: 1. The Hobbit FINISHED 2. T ...

... Decameron and Tessiad Andreas Cappellanus Art of Courtly Love and Guillame de Loris and Jean de Meun's Roman de la Rose Augustine really has to be in there, too

... of a Geisha 8. Jane Austen's Emma 9. Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale 10. Umberto Eco's The Name of the Rose

... have given up on in my time are Little, Big, A Glastonbury Romance, Titus Alone, and Lord Fouls' Bane . I stuck out The Name of the Rose but was sorry that I did.

#112 fyrefly98 I pick name of the rose by Umberto Eco for you to review. Having read it myself a million years ago I'd like to see how you view it. Here's my To ...

Baudolino van Umberto Eco. En daar was ik met hoge verwachtingen aan begonnen vanwege zijn prachtige In de naam van de roos.

... I've read this month that are on the list are: The Lord of the Rings 50th Anniversary Edition, Northanger Abbey, The Name of the Rose, The Spy who came in from the Cold and The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco

Finished The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco -- relieved to be done. I don't know -- nothing is really knocking my socks off so far in 2008. (#68, #74):The Secret River was the only book I've enjoyed wholeheartedly this year. I am starting something easy for a break -- The Marshal and the ...

I am struggling a bit with The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco. It is certainly not bad; but just when I start to get really into it -- a part will come that bores me to tears -- I just want to get to the heart of the matter and wrap the whole damn thing up -- whodunnit and all that.

... Borders and the used bookstore today, I now have seven new books to call my own: Catharine and other works by Jane Austen, The Name of the Rose, Ella Minnow Pea, Tender is the Night, The Handmaid's Tale, Much Ado About Nothing, and The Winter's Tale.

I struggled with bits in The name of the rose too! Might buy a copy of The sea, the sea - gotta love the ones on more than one list! The Blind assassin, The god of small things, Amsterdam and Life of pi are also on both booker and 2001.

I struggled with bits in The name of the rose too! Might buy a copy of The sea, the sea - gotta love the ones on more than one list! The Blind assassin, The god of small things, Amsterdam and Life of pi are also on both booker and 2001.

I am reading The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco. Ok so far -- some sloggy parts.

... I can see why it ruffled feathers; just as The Chronicles of Narnia may make some agnostics bristle. I am going to start The Name of the Rose today -- one last Italy themed novel before my trip.

... in black by susan hill 4) 5) 6) 7) 8) Mysteries 1) the 39 steps 2) stolen away by max allan collins 3) name of the rose by umberto eco 4) the maltese falcon dashiell hammett 5) curse of the pharoahs by elizabeth peters 6) the winter queen by boris akunin 7) hallowe ...

12. The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco I'm going to count this book, even though I've just made the decision to abandon it. I got nearly all the way through and then suddenly lost interest. I like authors to assume I'm intelligent, but I think in this case Eco went too far. The book is so ...

Top three standouts for me in Jan. The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco. The Executioner's Song by Norman Mailer. Ghostwritten by David Mitchell.

Flowers in the Attic by Virginia Andrews The Red Dahlia by Lynda La Plante The lilac bus by Maeve Binchy In the name of the rose by Umberto Eco the camomile lawn by Mary Wesley red lily by Nora Roberts edited because I realised I had duplicated In the name of the rose

Books with "flower" or the name of a flower in the title. Daisy Miller Henry James The Name of the Rose Umberto Eco The Flowers of Evil Charles Baudelaire Rex Stout The Black Orchid The Secret History of the Pink Carnation Lauren Willig

... starts the thread. Apart from avoiding spoilers, I don't think we need to make this too formal. I'm nearly finished Name of the Rose, won't be long before I can finally get started on W&P!! Yay! :) Have fun, all those happy people starting it this weekend!

... introduce the topic of my research to fans of the Middle Ages this way. Remember the first 150 or so difficult pages of The Name of the Rose? All the politics about poverty in the Franciscan Order? My book is about the lay followers of the radical supporters of Franciscan poverty who were ...

I wanna be in too! Only I need to wait a week or two till I'm finished The Name of the Rose. I just can't manage two heavy (in both senses of the word) books at one time. I'm as ignorant as they come on Russian authors, Russian literature and Russian history. I will be starting W&P without ...

... school. Secretly Reading: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy in my ultimate omnibus edition Hope To Be Reading: The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco before I have to give it back to the library Should Be Reading: Anil's Ghost and The Real Inspector Hound by Tom Stoppard

I'm still slogging through Baudolino by Umberto Eco. It's quite a departure from the others of his I've read (The Name of the Rose and Foucault's Pendulum). It's a much simpler read, though I'm not sure if that's the way the book was written, or just the translation. Unfortunately it's ...

... books fall into separate categories, which I like! I should always read this way! 1. Heavy, literary, brainwork book: The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco 2. Light and easy re-read: Anne of Windy Willows by LM Montgomery 3. Book everyone else but me has already read (there seem to be a ...

... but at the moment, the top is still Robin Hobb FAVORITE BOOK(s): Assassin's Apprentice, The Rediscovery of Man, The Name of the Rose FAVORITE DRINK: most things loaded with sugar. I have a problem... FAVORITE CHEESE: Brie FAVOURITE SPELLING OF FAVORITE: Is that some kind of ...

I'd have to add my vote to those already cast for Georges Simenon, Henning Mankell and The Name of the Rose. I found Smilla rather difficult to get on with. There are a variety of others on Mount TBR - Sjowall and Wahloo, Natsuo Kirino and Boris Akunin, to name three.

... I really shouldn’t have bought any more books, but I was unable to resist. I ordered Lives of the Later Caesars The Name of the Rose Britannia: A History of Roman Britain Heavy Weather Wonders of the World plus the new Folio 60: A Bibliography 1947 - 2006 and The Pink ...

I'll play the politician and answer a question different from yours ;) I don't know that the film The Name of the Rose was all that great a translation of the book to screen, but we were mentioning in another thread that it definitely helped wrap our heads around the book. Additionally, ...

... but if you skipped over them, weren't you doing a sort of self abridgement of the work? ---------------- When I read the Name of the Rose I had the companion book The Key to the Name of the Rose, which translated all the Latin passages. But if I hadn't have had that (how's that for a ...

... prices of unabridged audiobooks. I've since been trying to keep an open mind about them. For anyone that has read the Name of the Rose , what did you do with the long Latin passages? I'm a Latin geek and enjoyed them, but if you skipped over them, weren't you doing a sort of self ...

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