Mystery

The Name of the Rose

by Umberto Eco

In 1327, Franciscan friar William of Baskerville investigates a series of mysterious deaths at an Italian abbey. Eco constructs a brilliant medieval mystery layered with semiotics, philosophy, and theological debate, where the library itself becomes a labyrinth of forbidden knowledge. Erudite and atmospheric, it's detective fiction elevated to intellectual art.

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