num_pages: 502
description: An alternate cover edition can be found here.Set in Italy in the Middle Ages, this is not only a narrative of a murder investigation in a monastery in 1327, but also a chronicle of the 14th century religious wars, a history of monastic orders, and a compendium of heretical movements.
language: English
title: The Name of the Rose
titlecomplete: The Name of the Rose
characters: Venantius of Salvemec, Malachi of Hildesheim, Salvatore of Montferrat, Benno of Uppsala, Michael of Cesena, Abo of Fossanova, Ubertino of Casale, Berengar of Arundel, Remigio of Varagine, Nicholas of Morimondo, William of Baskerville, Severinus of Sankt Wendel, Adso of Melk, Bernard Gui, Alinardo of Grottaferrata, Jorge of Burgos
genres: Historical, Literature, Crime, Classics, Italian Literature, Novels, Italy, Historical Fiction, Fiction, Mystery
ratings_count: 355201
places: Italy
awards: awardedAt: 410256000000
name: CWA New Blood Dagger, name: إمبيرتو, awardedAt: 347184000000
name: Premio Strega, awardedAt: 410256000000
name: Los Angeles Times Book Prize
category: Fiction, awardedAt: 441792000000
name: Edgar Award
category: Best Novel, awardedAt: 441792000000
name: PEN Translation Prize
category: William Weaver, awardedAt: 347184000000
name: Premio Anghiari, awardedAt: 347184000000
name: Premio Il Libro dell'anno, awardedAt: 378720000000
name: Prix Médicis Etranger, awardedAt: 662716800000
name: このミステリーがすごい！
category: Best Translated Mystery Novel of the Year in Japan
publisher: Vintage