Eco, Umberto. Nome della rosa

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Eco, Umberto. Nome della rosa
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VIAF: 190478995
Wikidata: Q172850
Library of congress: no2021068121
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  • Britannica online, June 7, 2021(The Name of the Rose, Italian Il nome della rosa, novel by Italian writer Umberto Eco, published in Italian in 1980. Although the work stands on its own as a murder mystery, it is more accurately seen as a questioning of the meaning of "truth" from theological, philosophical, scholarly, and historical perspectives; The book, Eco's first novel, became a surprise best seller worldwide. It won the 1981 Strega Prize in Italy as well as several other international literary prizes and inspired numerous works of scholarly analysis. The 1986 film version, directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud, starred Sean Connery and Christian Slater)
  • Wikipedia, June 7, 2021(The Name of the Rose (Italian: Il nome della rosa) is the 1980 debut novel by Italian author Umberto Eco; historical murder mystery; film adaptation, eponymously titled The Name of the Rose (1986), was directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud)
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The Name of the Rose (Italian: Il nome della rosa [il ˈnoːme della ˈrɔːza]) is the 1980 debut novel by Italian author Umberto Eco. It is a historical murder mystery set in an Italian monastery in 1327, and an intellectual mystery combining semiotics in fiction, biblical analysis, medieval studies, and literary theory. It was translated into English by William Weaver in 1983. The novel has sold over 50 million copies worldwide, becoming one of the best-selling books ever published. It has received many international awards and accolades, such as the Strega Prize in 1981 and Prix Medicis Étranger in 1982, and was ranked 14th on Le Monde's 100 Books of the Century list.

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