The Name of the Rose.

“A BRILLIANTLY CONCEIVED ADVENTURE INTO ANOTHER TIME”: First Edition of Umberto Eco's First Novel; Signed by Him

The Name of the Rose.

ECO, Umberto [Sean Connery].

Item Number: 117753

New York: Harcourt, Brace & Company, 1980.

First edition of one of the best-selling books of all-time, basis for the film starring Sean Connery. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by the author on the title page, “Umberto Eco 16 June 83.” Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket illustration from a manuscript of the Apocalypse.

This “erudite murder mystery,” first published in 1980 as Il Nome della Rosa, was semiotics professor Umberto Eco’s first novel and proved an international bestseller. Critically praised as a “brilliantly conceived adventure into another time” (SF Chronicle), the novel “encapsulates Eco’s semiotic theory, which describes how signs are produced and interpreted in the world. The novel presents clues for the reader to decode, but as the reader grapples with the novel’s deeper meanings, the mystery becomes secondary” (Columbia University Press). “An extraordinary work of novelistic art” (Harper’s). It has went on to sell over 50 million copies worldwide, becoming one of the best-selling books ever published. It has received many international awards and accolades, such as the Strega Prize in 1981 and Prix Medicis Étranger in 1982, and was ranked 14th on Le Monde's 100 Books of the Century list.

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