This was one of the biggest novels in the 80s. I remember the book very well. A crime story set in a monastery with much Latin and Greek and some dubious monks trying to solve some murder cases. The denouement was brilliant. The whole story was absolutely outstanding (the lost book on comedy) and extremely sophisticated. So much wisdom and philosophy in one novel. It's very seldom that you come across a book like that. There is also a famous movie with Jean Connery as William of Baskerville but ...

- رواية كاملة متكاملة تأخذ من معظم الحبكات، المتعارف عليها، لتشكل جسداً روائياً تاماً. تحدث القصة خلال الفترة التي انتقلت فيها البابوية من موقعها التقليدي في إيطاليا إلى أفينيون، حينما قام ملك فرنسا بتعيين يوحنا الثاني والعشرون "بابا" على رأس الكنيسة الرومانية المقدسة. - "اسم الوردة"، اسم غريب، ناقص المعنى لكنه سيكون واضحاً اذا ماعرفنا ان في ذلك العصركان للوردة معنى محدد: فحين ينعقد مجلس تحت ستار السرية، كانت الوردة تعلّق فوق الطاولة وكل ما تمت مناقشته "تحت الوردة" كان سرًا ويبقى. (https://en.wi...

“The Name of the Rose” is a horribly pretentious, pedantic, verbose “novel”. And it stinks too!Under the guise of a medieval mystery Umberto Eco has written a diatribe on philosophical ideas (and not presented all of them accurately) in order to impress upon the reader how very smart he is indeed. Characterization, moments of human reality & truth, and most importantly accessibility to the reader are clearly repulsive ideas to Mr. Eco.I can sum up the book, which takes place at a monastery i...

Go ahead, throw your tomatoes at me!

I know that in general this book is loved. Many count it amongst their favorites. I found it very dull and very boring. I had an extremely hard time staying interested in the story, which is weird for me and mystery/suspense stories. Never have I fought so hard to finish a book (in general, I do not DNF).

So, if you couldn't stand it either, let me know that I am not alone.

For those that loved it and are ready to launch rotten produce at me:

إكتب يا أدســو، إكـتب، فمن يكتب لـن يموت أبدافقد يأتي يوما ما أحدهم ليقلده ويزيد عليه بعضا من غوايات عزازيله الفاسقةومذكرات أدسو في "أســم الــوردة" ورحلته مع الراهب غوليالمو ذو الماضي المعقد بذلك الدير الرهيب هي عملا مزخما مليئا بالتفاصيل ,وبالرغم من أن الأحداث في القرن الرابع عشر، الا انك ستشعر بصداها في زمننا رغم من قدمها قدم الزمانويجب أن اعترف أنها لم تكن قراءة سهلة بالنسبة لي , ولكني سأقارنها لكم بقراءاتي المعتادة السهلة لأني فعلا لا اعرف كيف أكتب مراجعة عنهاأســم الــوردة 1980 VS عــزازيـ...

إن كنت ستقرأ إسم الوردة فاترك خيالك وراءكفأنت بكل تأكيد لست بحاجة إليهفهنا ستجد دقائق الأشياء تتجلى وكل تفصيلة صغيرة تتوهج أمامكلست بحاجة لتخيل شكل الغرفة أو حجم المتاهةأنت بحاجة لعقلك واعٍ ولكل ما تحمل من حنكة لكي تحاول أن تفهم عند تتمة القراءةما مدى رمزية المتاهة تلك وما هي التأويلات التي يمكنني أن أستقيها من ذلك كله؟;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;هذه رواية امتزج فيها كل شيء بحكمة بليغةفلقد اجتمعت حالات عدة شديدة الاختلاف وتبتعد عن بعضها في الزمان والمضمون وكونت بفضل صياغته الماهرة عالماً واحداً متسقاًإن ما...

(A-) 84% | Very Good
Notes: A medieval Sherlock Holmes manages sectarian politics and investigates serial murders in a dense but effective read.

Are all the libraries receptacles of knowledge? Are all the books vehicles of wisdom? Are all the librarians propagators of good? “Which books?”Benno hesitated. “I don’t remember. What does it matter which books were spoken of?”“It matters a great deal, because here we are trying to understand what has happened among men who live among books, with books, from books, and so their words on books are also important.”“It’s true,” Benno said, smiling for the first time, his face growing almost radian...

Eco's writing is so infectious, lively, and likeable that I thought it appropriate to pen my review in his style.1. In which I, as reader, feel used.Yes, I'm almost certain Eco wrote this thing for the sole purpose of informing us of how knowledgeable he is of the finer points of monastic orders, book trivia, and medieval philosophy. Knowing most would not put up with this crap for 500 pages, he wisely chose to interrupt his many digressions on poverty, heretics, whether or not Jesus laughed, Ar...

This is one of those rare near-perfect books that crosses through many genres and could be universally acclaimed. There are dozens of great reviews on here already, but this book struck me as so profound that I felt I needed to briefly put down my own thoughts. I could not bring myself to put this down and it was always a battle to not skip work and continue reading in the parking lot after lunch break. Eco crafts a novel that could be labeled as historical fiction, mystery, theology and philoso...