Notes on the Margins of The Name of the Rose

The famous Italian writer, cultural scholar, and essayist Umberto Eco wrote six novels: the planetary bestseller "The Name of the Rose", "Foucault's Pendulum", "The Island of the Day Before", "Baudolino", "The Mysterious Flame of Queen Loana", and "Prague Cemetery". These books—engaging and complex, clear and full of mysteries—spark a multitude of debates and interpretations. Thus, the author complemented his artistic masterpiece "The Name of the Rose" with no less intriguing a masterpiece of essay writing: clever and funny "Notes on the Margins of 'The Name of the Rose'."