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Genre/Form: | Detective and mystery stories novels Church history Detective and mystery fiction Fiction Historical fiction History Didactic fiction Novels Romans Romans, nouvelles, etc |
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Material Type: | Fiction |
Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: | Umberto Eco; William Weaver |
ISBN: | 0307264890 9780307264893 1857152999 9781857152999 |
OCLC Number: | 64595997 |
Description: | xxxvii, 560 pages : plans ; 22 cm. |
Series Title: | Everyman's library (Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.) |
Other Titles: | Nome della rosa. |
Responsibility: | Umberto Eco ; translated from the Italian by William Weaver ; with an introduction by David Lodge. |
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Who is killing monks in a great medieval abbey famed for its library - and why? Brother William of Baskerville is sent to find out, taking with him the assistant who later tells the tale of his investigations. This story combines elements of detective fiction, metaphysical thriller, post-modernist puzzle and historical novel.
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'[It} confirms Eco as an outstanding writer of philosophy dressed as fiction' -- Stephanie Merrit * Observer * 'Eco does something rare: he makes ideas moving' -- Michael Pye * Scotsman *