num_pages: 84
description: 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.
language: English
title: Reflections on The Name of the Rose
titlecomplete: Reflections on The Name of the Rose
genres: Writing, Books About Books, Italy, Nonfiction, Literature, Essays, Italian Literature, Criticism, History, Literary Criticism
ratings_count: 1600
publisher: Secker & Warburg