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The Name of the Rose
The Name of the Rose
Dec 28, 2024 3:33 AM

Author:Umberto Eco

The Name of the Rose

Read the enthralling medieval murder mystery.

The year is 1327. Franciscans in a wealthy Italian abbey are suspected of heresy, and Brother William of Baskerville arrives to investigate. When his delicate mission is suddenly overshadowed by seven bizarre deaths, Brother William turns detective.

William collects evidence, deciphers secret symbols and coded manuscripts, and digs into the eerie labyrinth of the abbey where extraordinary things are happening under the cover of night. A spectacular popular and critical success, The Name of the Rose is not only a narrative of a murder investigation but an astonishing chronicle of the Middle Ages.

'Whether you're into Sherlock Holmes, Montaillou, Borges, the nouvelle critique, the Rule of St. Benedict, metaphysics, library design, or The Thing from the Crypt, you'll love it' Sunday Times

Reviews

The late medieval world, teetering on the edge of discoveries and ideas that will hurl it into one more recognisably like ours...evoked with a force and wit that are breathtaking

—— Financial Times

A novel of sunning intelligence, linguistic richness, thematic complexity

—— Il Giorno

This novel belongs with Voltaire' philosophical tales-in the entertaining guise of an erudite fiction story, it is also a vibrant plea for freedom, moderation and wisdom

—— L'Express

A brilliant deconstruction of the traditional crime novel

—— Iain Rankin , Mail on Sunday

Whether you’re into Sherlock Holmes, Montaillou, Borges, the nouvelle critique, the Rule of St. Benedict, metaphysics, library design, or The Thing from the Crypt, you’ll love it. Who can that miss out?

—— Sunday Times

A powerfully affecting novel

—— Easy Living

Superb and convincing portrait of a highly intelligent person who is trying to retain her sense of self...moving, surprisingly funny in places and utterly gripping

—— Guardian

As the narrator's mind is devoured by dementia, she struggles to remember the extent of her involvement in her best friend's murder. LaPlante's characters are completely convincing, the plotting masterful

—— Donna Leon

I didn't expect to get much further than page one of a book with an Alzheimer's sufferer as heroine and narrator. But this one is so cleverly and well written, with so moving a portrait of a once-brilliant surgeon fighting to retain some vestiges of her former self that I was quickly hooked

—— Jessica Mann , Literary Review

Highly sophisticated and exquisitely written

—— Daily Mirror

Riveting

—— Vanity Fair

This morbidly funny page-turner will have you guessing until the end

—— Holly Fraser , She Magazine

Accomplished thriller... Turn of Mind is an incisive, humane exploration of how we can rail against our need for close relationships with others, feeling that they undermine our independence, even as we keep coming back for more

—— Josie Barnard , Times Literary Supplement

Turn of Mind is a difficult read emotionally, but more than justifies the reader's investment with its sublime writing and pitch-perfect plotting. As a drama it is scintillating, but transcends the boundaries of a mere thriller with a stunning exploration of a devastating illness. This is a book of tremendous value

—— Bookgeeks.co.uk

This is a beautifully-written book with a dark mystery at its heart

—— Bookbag

Turn of Mind is an incredibly powerful novel, handled with an infinite amount of care and sensitivity that entertains and educates from beginning to end

—— Milosrambles.com

It sounds like an impossible task: to write a murder mystery from the perspective of a suspect with Alzheimer's. And yet Alice LaPlante pulls it off and with some flair... Unforgettable

—— Alison Flood , Observer

The twists and turns of mind this novel charts are haunting and original

—— New York Times Book Review

Gripping...compelling

—— Stephen Amidon , Washington Post
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