Reflections on The Name of the Rose

by Umberto Eco

Book Overview

In this 'Postscript' the reader looks over Eco's shoulder as he conjures up the abbey's labyrinthine library, plots a series of macabre murders, debates with his sleuth, William of Baskerville, and... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Spiral-bound
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0436140985
• ISBN13: 9780436140983
• Release Date: April 1989
• Publisher: Vintage/Ebury (A Division of Random House Group)
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.

Customer Reviews

A breath of fresh air

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."

How to put a middle ages murder mystery together.

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