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: Postscript to the Name of the Rose
titlecomplete: Postscript to the Name of the Rose
genres: Essays, Literature, Italian Literature, Criticism, Italy, Nonfiction, Writing, History, Literary Criticism, Books About Books
ratings_count: 1599
publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt