The Island of the Day Before
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The Island of the Day Before


Umberto Eco


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Confessions of a Young Novelist (The Richard Ellmann Lectures in Modern Literature)
Umberto Eco
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...



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The Name of the Rose
including Postscript to the Name of the Rose
Umberto Eco
It is the year 1327. Franciscans in an Italian abbey are suspected of heresy, but Brother William of Baskerville’s investigation is suddenly overshadowed by seven bizarre deaths. Translated by William Weaver. A Helen and Kurt Wolff Book...