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Postscript to the Name of the Rose

by Umberto Eco · 1983

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This book stems from Umberto Eco's account of the genesis of his extraordinary novel, The Name of the Rose, but, like the novel itself, it goes far beyond the particular: '...in March 1978 ... I had the urge to poison a monk.' Along the way, it touches on bad books, ideal readers, historical form, and the metaphysics of the detective story.

Subject
literary criticismhistoryphilosophy
Genre
literary fictionmystery
Themes
writers
Setting
20th centurymedievalItalyGermany
Audience
adult
Length
short · 84 pages
Form
essays

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