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The Name of the Rose: Including Postscript by Umberto Eco, William Weaver (Translator)

Start date: December 1, 2009

Finish date: January 1, 2010

Discussion: Classics Corner

Discussion leader: Whitaker

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Howards End
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Classics Voting July through December
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Classics Winners
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Surfacing
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Enchanted April
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E.M. Forster as a reviewer
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Digested Classics
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Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton
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Voting for Classics Corner
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Classics Winners Jan through June 2009
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The Habit of Being - December 1
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List of all time favourite classics to be bought for new year!!!
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Madame Bovary
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Schedule for July - December 2008
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Advance notice of nominations
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Nominations July through December
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Classics Voting Jul-Dec 09
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War and Peace
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Schedule for January-June 2009
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The House Of The Seven Gables
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Homage to Catalonia by George Orwell
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Voting Jan through June 2010
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Jan through June voting 3
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Jan through June voting 2
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The Winners - Jan through June 2010
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The Sound of the Mountain
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The Name of the Rose
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Agnes Grey - Anne Bronte
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Nov 24, 2008

lisa_emily rated it:

bookshelves: 1001-books, to-read

Read in November, 2008

A few brief words on why I liked this book.
Several years ago I first encountered this book via the movie; I don't even think I watched the movie in its entirety. Some time later, I connected the movie with the writer, Umberto Eco; I had read his "Foucault's Pendulum" in the winter of 1999 (I think). I've wanted to read this famous Eco novel, but due to its girth and Eco's dense and literary style, I have been intimidated. As much as I liked Foucault's Pendulum, I remember it tak...more

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Aug 04, 2009

Rashida added it (review of isbn 0307264890)

bookshelves: literary-history, unrankable

Read in August, 2009

This book is dense. I cannot pretend to have understood everything. Which I'm still trying to decide if that's good or bad? Is it a mark of something that will take many reads and lead to richness of understanding as different insights are reached? Or is it just pretentious? Something that folks will say is excellent because it will make it appear they are smart? It reminded me a lot of the experience of reading My Name Is Red, just 10 times more so. There were times when I just had to le...more

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Oct 10, 2007

Gail rated it:

bookshelves: medieval-fiction, suspense

Read in July, 2005

recommends it for: smart folks who like a convoluted story; medievalists

I read The Name of the Rose twice, about 20 years apart. The first time I read it, I found it somewhat confusing and esoteric, with a strange plot resolution. The second time I found it still a bit confusing, but the plot resolution was much clearer, and I had become more familiar with things medieval and monastic in the intervening years. The book is an excellent read for those interested in the medieaval period or interested in exploring the huge part, for good or ill, that religion can play i...more

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Jan 12, 2008

Magda rated it:

Read in January, 2008

GREAT Thriller!!! (Watched the movie with Sean Connery also) William of Baskerville arrives at an abbey and gets involved in solving the deaths of several monks. The abbey, the mysterious monks, the Inquisition, and William's great deductive and analytical mind in solving the crimes makes this a very thrilling read!

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Aug 27, 2007

Daniela rated it:

I was in awe as to the architecture of the novel, of the harmonious intertwining of yarns and meanings underlying layers of comprehension, of the coups-de-thetre, twists of fate and unveilings of 'absences'.

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