Umberto Eco
Umberto Eco was an Italian medievalist, philosopher, semiotician, novelist, cultural critic, and political and social commentator. In English, he is best known for his popular 1980 novel The Name of the Rose, a historical mystery combining semiotics in fiction with biblical analysis, medieval studies and literary theory, as well as Foucault's Pendulum, his 1988 novel which touches on similar themes.
Books by Umberto Eco
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Foucault's Pendulum
by Umberto Eco
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Three jaded editors, playing a dangerous game with occult manuscripts and a supercomputer, accidentally conjure a real-world conspiracy that drags them into a deadly hunt for an ancient secret.
The Prague Cemetery
by Umberto Eco
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In 19th-century Europe, an amoral forger meticulously creates a web of deception that leads to the most infamous antisemitic document in history.
The Name of the Rose
by Umberto Eco
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In a 14th-century Italian abbey, a wise Franciscan friar must solve a series of murders and theological puzzles before the killer silences all witnesses and the truth itself.