Postscript to the Name of the Rose [Hardcover]

Umberto Eco (Author)

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Text: English, Italian (translation) --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Hardcover
• Publisher: Buccaneer Books; First Edition edition (June 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1568496753
• ISBN-13: 978-1568496757
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,892,099 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Umberto Eco (born 5 January 1932) is an Italian novelist, medievalist, semiotician, philosopher, and literary critic.

He is the author of several bestselling novels, The Name of The Rose, Foucault's Pendulum, The Island of The Day Before, and Baudolino. His collections of essays include Five Moral Pieces, Kant and the Platypus, Serendipities, Travels In Hyperreality, and How To Travel With a Salmon and Other Essays.

He has also written academic texts and children's books.


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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars How to put a middle ages murder mystery together., June 12, 1997

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This review is from: Postscript to the Name of the Rose (Hardcover)

This slim book, of only 80 pages, takes you behind the scenes and into the mind of an author. It shows that a "real world" was created in "The name of the rose" with all of the history, geography and even weather in the proper place for the story to happen. The style is light and playful talking about how many steps are needed for some dialog to take place rather than explaining what each character's motivation is. It gives a glimpse of how much enjoyment must come from actually creating a novel

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A breath of fresh air, September 19, 1999

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This review is from: Postscript to the Name of the Rose (Hardcover)

Dare I say that I enjoyed this slim paperback more than I did the novel itself! Perhaps I am one of the unsophisticated readers the author alludes to at one point. A must for any student of the novel form. Thank you Professor Eco for a chance to peek into the pathways of your mind.Incidentally the edition I've read goes by the title "Reflections on The name of..." Also read "Six walks in the fictional woods."

5.0 out of 5 stars EXCELLENT!!!!!!!!!!!!, October 25, 2011

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This review is from: Postscript to the Name of the Rose (Hardcover)

Wonderful copy of an old book. Great condition as described. Will come back for more merchandise. Again, thank you for yor business.