Nombre de la Rosa

Author: Umberto Eco

Title: Nombre de la Rosa

Binding: Mass Market Paperback

Number Of Pages: 784

Release Date: 2021-10-19

Details: La novela emblem'atica de Umberto Eco. Una trama apasionante. Una admirable reconstrucci'on del conflictivo siglo XIV

<> Irene Vallejo

UNO DE LOS 100 T'ITULOS FUNDAMENTALES DEL SIGLO XX SEG'UN LE MONDE

Vali'endose de las caracter'isticas de la novela g'otica, la cr'onica medieval y la novela polic'iaca, El nombre de la rosa narra las investigaciones detectivescas que realiza el fraile franciscano Guillermo de Baskerville para esclarecer los cr'imenes cometidos en una abad'ia benedictina en el a~no 1327. Le ayudar'a en su labor el novicio Adso, un joven que se enfrenta por primera vez a las realidades de la vida situadas m'as all'a de las puertas del convento. En esta primera y brillante incursi'on de Umberto Eco en el mundo de la narrativa, que dio lugar a una manera de concebir la novela hist'orica, el lector disfrutar'a de una trama apasionante y una admirable reconstrucci'on de una 'epoca especialmente conflictiva de la historia de Occidente.

ENGLISH DESCRIPTION

Umberto Eco's iconic novel. A gripping plot. An admirable reconstruction ofthe turbulent fourteen century.

"Umberto Eco changed the way we see books: crucial, small, fragile, sometimes criminal, almost always saviors. A master who taught us how to intertwine wisdom and games in his acute and playful way, with his astounding ingenuity and accurate insights." -Irene Vallejo

ONE OF THE 100 ESSENTIAL BOKS OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY, ACCORDING TO LE MONDE.

Drawing on the nature of gothic novels, medieval chronicles, and detective fiction, The Name of the Rose follows the inquiries and detective work of Franciscan Friar William of Baskerville to clarify a series of crimes perpetrated in a Benedictine abbey, in the year 1327.He is assisted by Adso, a novice who faces the realities of life outside the convent walls for the first time. In his first and brilliant incursion into the narrative world, in which Umberto Eco introduced a new way of conceiving historical fiction, the reader will enjoy a thrilling plot and a magnificent reconstruction of a particularly chaotic time in the history of the Western world.

EAN: 9788497592581

Package Dimensions: Height: 7.47 Inches, Length: 4.9 Inches, Weight: 1.10892517786 Pounds, Width: 1.19 Inches