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Translator | William Weaver |
First Written | 1994 |
Genre | Fiction |
Origin | Italy |
Publisher | Harvest |
ISBN-10 | 0156001314 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0156001311 |
My Copy | library copy |
First Read | October 29, 2013 |
The Name of the Rose
YAWN. I get that this is probably a brilliant book, it seemed terribly dry for a friggin' murder mystery. I quit halfway through reading this book.
I think I know enough about middle-age-type monasteries, so the extensive scene-setting just seemed like it went on forever. Our narrator is an acolyte of a wandering monk who has hung around Roger Bacon, and so therefore is a walking one-man Enlightenment. It's not as interesting as it sounds.
Noted on November 10, 2013