El Nombre de la Rosa (Edicion Especial)/ The Name of the Rose Hardcover - 2013

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La novela emblemtica de Umberto Eco.
Una apasionante trama y admirable reconstruccin de una poca especialmente conflictiva, la del siglo XVI.Valindose de las caractersticas propias de la novela gtica, la crnica medieval y la novela policaca, El nombre de la rosa narra las actividades detectivescas de Guillermo de Baskerville para esclarecer los crmenes cometidos en una abada benedictina en el ao 1327. Le ayudar en su labor el novicio Adso, un hombre joven que se enfrenta por primera vez a las realidades de la vida, ms all de las puertas del convento.En esta primera y brillante incursin en el mundo de la narrativa, que Umberto Eco llev a cabo hace ahora treinta aos, el lector disfrutar de una trama apasionante y de una admirable reconstruccin de una poca especialmente conflictiva de la historia de Occidente. Resea:
Aqu hay misterios turbadores, personajes vvidos, un retrato logrado de una poca fascinante, humor sutil, sucesos inesperados y una prosa gil que puede adaptarse a los registros de la fe, la duda, el horror, el xtasis amoroso y la desolacin.
David Lodge ENGLISH DESCRIPTION Umberto Eco's first novel, an international sensation and winner of the Premio Strega and the Prix Mdicis tranger awards.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. His tools are the logic of Aristotle, the theology of Aquinas, the empirical insights of Roger Bacon - all sharpened to a glistening edge by wry humor and a ferocious curiosity. He collects evidence, deciphers secret symbols and coded manuscripts, and digs into the eerie labyrinth of the abbey, where the most interesting things happen at night. A brilliantly conceived adventure into another time, an intelligent and complex novel, a lively and well-plotted mystery.
--SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLEThe novel explodes with pyrotechnic inventions, literally as well as figuratively . . . The narrative impulse that commands the story is irresistible . . . Mr. Eco's delight in his narrative does not fail to touch the reader.
--NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW
Like the labyrinthine library at its heart, this brilliant novel has many cunning passages and secret chambers . . . Fascinating . . . Ingenious . . . Dazzling.
--NEWSWEEK
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 (LONDON)

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