The Name of the Rose, Umberto Eco
The Name of the Rose, Umberto Eco
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The Name of the Rose

Author: Umberto Eco

Narrator: Sean Barrett, Neville Jason, Nicholas Rowe

Unabridged: 21 hr 5 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 12/10/2013


Synopsis

The international bestseller! A masterful gothic thriller set against the turbulence of medieval Italy.

The Name of the Rose

The year is 1327. Franciscans in a wealthy Italian abbey are suspected of heresy, and Brother William of Baskerville arrives to investigate. But his delicate mission is suddenly overshadowed by seven bizarre deaths that take place in seven days and nights of apocalyptic terror.

Brother William turns detective, and a uniquely deft one at that. His tools are the logic of Aristotle, the theology of Aquinas, the empirical insights of Roger Bacon--all sharpened to a glistening edge by his wry humor and ferocious curiosity. He collects evidence, deciphers secret symbols and coded manuscripts, and digs into the eerie labyrinth of the abbey where "the most interesting things happen at night."

As Brother William goes about unraveling the mystery of what happens at the abbey by day and by night, listeners step into a brilliant re-creation of the fourteenth century, with its dark superstitions and wild prejudices, its hidden passions and sordid intrigues. Virtuoso storyteller Umberto Eco conjures up a gloriously rich portrait of this world with such grace, ease, wit and love that you will become utterly intoxicated with the place and time, in The Name of the Rose.

About Umberto Eco

Umberto Eco was born in 1932 in Alessandria, Italy. He is a professor of semiotics at the University of Bologna, a philosopher, historian, literary critic and aesthetician. He is the author of the international bestselling novels The Name of the Rose and The Island of the Day Before, as well as three collections of popular essays, Travels in Hyperreality, Misreadings and How to Travel with a Salmon & Other Essays. Mr. Eco lives in Milan.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Vit on December 29, 2024

Are all the libraries receptacles of knowledge? Are all the books vehicles of wisdom? Are all the librarians propagators of good? “Which books?” Benno hesitated. “I don’t remember. What does it matter which books were spoken of?” “It matters a great deal, because here we are trying to understand what......more

Goodreads review by Peter on June 07, 2019

This was one of the biggest novels in the 80s. I remember the book very well. A crime story set in a monastery with much Latin and Greek and some dubious monks trying to solve some murder cases. The denouement was brilliant. The whole story was absolutely outstanding (the lost book on comedy) and ex......more

Goodreads review by s.penkevich on November 26, 2011

This is one of those rare near-perfect books that crosses through many genres and could be universally acclaimed. There are dozens of great reviews on here already, but this book struck me as so profound that I felt I needed to briefly put down my own thoughts. I could not bring myself to put this d......more

Goodreads review by فايز غازي on September 23, 2023

- رواية كاملة متكاملة تأخذ من معظم الحبكات، المتعارف عليها، لتشكل جسداً روائياً تاماً. تحدث القصة خلال الفترة التي انتقلت فيها البابوية من موقعها التقليدي في إيطاليا إلى أفينيون، حينما قام ملك فرنسا بتعيين يوحنا الثاني والعشرون "بابا" على رأس الكنيسة الرومانية المقدسة. - "اسم الوردة"، اسم غريب، ناقص......more


Quotes

“Barrett deftly handles the Latin phrases and the long passages of church history and politics. The general tone is reflective of the quiet monastery setting; however, Barrett finds opportunity for artfully varying the pace and attitude.” —AudioFile Magazine