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Historien udspiller sig omkring et lille italiensk kloster i 1300-tallet, hvor franciskanermunken Broder William og hans lærling Adso hidkaldes for at bistå opklaringen af et mystisk mord blandt munkene. ROSENS NAVN er thrilleren, der gjorde Umberto Eco v
ØEN AF I GÅR er en handlingsmættet eventyrroman om den unge italienske adelsmand Roberto de la Grive, der i sommeren 1643 lider skibbrud i stillehavet ud for Tasmanien ved Australiens sydspids. Som spion for kardinal Richlieu er han tvunget med på en eksp
KIRKEGÅRDEN I PRAG er en fortælling fra 1800 om et Europa i oprør; en fortælling om et Europa, der søger en syndebuk. Udadtil er Simone Simonini antikvitetshandler i Paris. Men bag den stilfærdige facade gemmer sig en person, som forfalsker adskillige bre
Foucaults pendul er en usædvanlig underholdende roman, med en spændende handling og et mylder af mærkværdige men altid troværdige personer. Som et motto foran i bogen står: Overtro bringer uheld og det er netop dette tema Eco i mange variationer gennems
1945, Lake Como. Mussolini and his mistress are captured and shot by local partisans. The precise circumstances of Il Duce's death remain shrouded in confusion and controversy.1992, Milan. Colonna, a depressed hack writer, is offered a fee he can'
We are here to remember what happened and to declare solemnly that 'they' must never do it again. But who are 'they'? HOW TO SPOT A FASCIST is a selection of three thought-provoking essays on freedom and fascism, censorship and tolerance -
Munken William er tegntyder og sporhund. Han tager sin elev, novicen Adso, med til et kloster i Norditalien i det Herrens år 1327. En ung munk er død under mystiske omstændigheder, og de to vil forsøge at løse mysteriet. Mens de efterforsker dødsfaldet, d
For den italienske forfatter og filosof Umberto Eco (1932-2016) var fascismen et reelt styre, en realpolitisk virkelighed, der i hans barndom formede hans uddannelse, hans hverdag, hans sprog. I Den evige fascisme fra 1997 reflekterer Umberto Eco over, hv
The gripping new conspiracy thriller by the bestselling author of The Name of the Rose 1945, Lake Como. Mussolini and his mistress are captured and shot by local partisans. The precise circumstances of Il Duces death remain shrouded in confusion and contr
In this authoritative, lively book, the celebrated Italian novelist and philosopher Umberto Eco presents a learned summary of medieval aesthetic ideas. Juxtaposing theology and science, poetry and mysticism, Eco explores the relationship that existed betw
Holography, wax museums, the secret meaning of spectator sports, Superman and the intellectual effects of over-tight jeans are just a few of the subjects covered in this collection of witty, entertaining and thought-provoking delights from Umberto Eco, ce
The extraordinary historical consequences of errors and fictional inventions. SERENDIPITIES is an iconoclastic, dazzlingly erudite and witty demonstration, by one of the world's most brilliant thinkers, of how myths and lunacies can produce historical
Three editors invent a conspiracy. The world decides it is real. Casaubon, Belbo and Diotallevi work in a Milan publishing house surrounded by manuscripts on the occult and the Knights Templar. Amused by the pattern-seeking of amateur historians and secre
Read the enthralling medieval murder mystery. 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
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. He col
How much do our perceptions of things depend on our cognitive ability, and how much on our linguistic resources? Where, and how, do these two questions meet? Umberto Eco undertakes a series of idiosyncratic and typically brilliant explorations, starting f
An extraordinary epic, brilliantly-imagined, new novel from a world-class writer and author of The Name of the Rose. Discover the Middle Ages with Baudolino - a wondrous, dazzling, beguiling tale of history, myth and invention. It is 1204, and Constantino
'Between a bottle of Epsom salts or one of twenty-year-old cognac, which would you choose? Would you rather spend your vacation with an eighty-year old leper or with Demi Moore? Do you prefer being sprinkled with ferocious red ants or sharing a sleepi
Remarkably accessible and unfailingly stimulating, this collection of essays exhibits the diversity of interests and the depth of knowledge that made Umberto Eco one of the world's leading writers. From musings on Ptolemy and reflections on the experi
The final collection of essays from the internationally acclaimed and bestselling author of The Name of the Rose and The Prague Cemetery , on the subjects of art and culture. In this collection of essays we find Umberto Ecos perennial areas of interest ex
Nineteenth-century Europe abounds with conspiracy both ghastly and mysterious. Jesuits plot against Freemasons. Italian priests are strangled with their own intestines. French criminals plan bombings by day and celebrate black masses by night. Every natio
The year is 1643. Roberto, a young nobleman, survives war, the Bastille, exile and shipwreck as he voyages to a Pacific island straddling the date meridian. There he waits now, alone on the mysteriously deserted Daphne, separated by treacherous reefs from
From the world-famous author of THE NAME OF THE ROSE , an illuminating and humorous study on the pleasures and pitfalls of translation. 'Translation is always a shift, not between two languages but between two cultures. A translator must take into acc
Discover the final book from one of Europe's cultural giants. In this entertaining collection of essays about the modern world the celebrated author of The Name of the Rose explores everything from unbridled individualism to mobile phones. 'He bri
"Erudite, wide-ranging, and slyly humorous." -- The Atlantic One of the great novelists and public intellectuals of our time gives a master class on the philosophy of fiction. Umberto Eco was fond of pointing out that all writing is narrative. H
An erudite and witty collection of Umberto Eco's essays on mass culture from the 1960s through the 1980s, including major pieces which have not been translated into English before. The discussion is framed by opposing characterizations of current inte
A collection of "impishly witty and ingeniously irreverent" ( The Atlantic ) how-to essays that highlight the absurdities of modern life, from the author of The Name of the Rose How to Travel With a Salmon is a highly engaging collection of what
Set in Italy in the Middle Ages, this is not only a narrative of a murder investigation in a monastery in 1327, but also a chronicle of the 14th century religious wars, a history of monastic orders, and a compendium of heretical movements.
How do we know a cat is a cat? And why do we call it a cat? How much of our perception of things is based on cognitive ability, and how much on linguistic resources? Here, in six remarkable essays, Umberto Eco explores in depth questions of reality, perce
From the early Dark Ages to the Renaissance it was widely believed that the language spoken in the Garden of Eden was a perfect language, expressing all possible things, and that all current languages were its decadent descendants. This is an investigatio
"An encyclopedic detective story . . . An intellectual triumph."--Anthony Burgess "Foucault's Pendulum is Eco's magical mystery tour of the Western mind. . . . With this book, Eco puts himself in the grand and acerbic tradition of P
"A scintillating collection of writings by one of the most influential thinkers of our times." -- Los Angeles Times With the same wit, learning, and lively intelligence that delighted readers of The Name of the Rose and Foucault's Pendulum ,
"Explodes with pyrotechnic inventions, literally as well as figuratively. Hold on till the end."-- New York Times "Whether you're into Sherlock Holmes, Montaillou, Borges, the nouvelle critique, the Rule of St. Benedict, metaphysics, li
In this collection of essays and addresses delivered over the course of his illustrious career, Umberto Eco seeks "to understand the chemistry of [his] passion" for the word. From musings on Ptolemy and "the force of the false" to refl
" . . . not merely interesting and novel, but also exceedingly provocative and heuristically fertile." The Review of Metaphysics " . . . essential reading for anyone interesting in . . . the new reader-centered forms of criticism." Lib
Who is killing monks in a great medieval abbey famed for its library - and why? Brother William of Baskerville is sent to find out, taking with him the assistant who later tells the tale of his investigations. Eco's celebrated story combines elements
"Rosens navn" er en betagende klassiker af den storslåede forfatter Umberto Eco, der tager én med tilbage til Italiens mørke middelalder og renæssance. "Rosens navn" er en historisk roman og krimi, der handler om et italiensk kloster.
A fascinating, lyrical tale about an Italian nobleman stranded on a deserted ship in the Pacific Ocean--a "dazzling blend of science and fantasy" ( Los Angeles Times ) and a "masterpiece" ( Chicago Tribune ) Roberto della Griva is an I
Umberto Eco's wise and witty guide to researching and writing a thesis, published in English for the first time. By the time Umberto Eco published his best-selling novel The Name of the Rose, he was one of Italy's most celebrated intellectuals, a
A posthumous collection of essays by one of our greatest contemporary thinkers that provides a towering vision of Western culture. In Umberto Eco's first novel, The Name of the Rose, Nicholas of Morimondo laments, "We no longer have the learning
"Eco's essays read like letters from a friend, trying to share something he loves with someone he likes. . . . Read this brilliant, enjoyable, and possibly revolutionary book." George J. Leonard, San Francisco Review of Books " . . . a
" . . . the greatest contribution to [semiotics] since the pioneering work of C. S. Peirce and Charles Morris." Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism " . . . draws on philosophy, linguistics, sociology, anthropology and aesthetics and ref
Umberto Eco published his first novel, The Name of the Rose, in 1980, when he was nearly fifty. In these "confessions," the author, now in his late seventies, looks back on his long career as a theorist and his more recent work as a novelist, an
More than twenty years after its original appearance in Italian, The Open Work remains significant for its powerful concept of "openness"--the artist's decision to leave arrangements of some constituents of a work to the public or to chance-
The way we create and organize knowledge is the theme of From the Tree to the Labyrinth, a major achievement by one of the world's foremost thinkers on language and interpretation. Umberto Eco begins by arguing that our familiar system of classificati