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Participando de caractersticas propias de la novela gtica, la crnica medieval, la novela policiaca, el relato ideolgico en clave y la alegora narrativa, El nombre de la rosa ofrece distintos puntos de inters: primero, una trama apasionante y constelada de golpes de efecto, que narra las actividades detectivescas de Guillermo de Baskerville para establecer los crmenes de una abada benedictina; segundo, la reconstruccin portentosa de una poca especialmente conflictiva, reconstruccin que no se para en lo exterior, sino que se centra en las formas de pensar y de sentir del siglo XIV; y tercero, el modo en que Umberto Eco el terico, Umberto Eco el ensayista, ha construido su primera novela, escrita nos dice por haber descubierto, en edad madura, aquello sobre lo cual no se puede teorizar, aquello que hay que narrar.

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Umberto Eco was born in Alessandria, Italy on January 5, 1932. He received a doctorate of philosophy from the University of Turin in 1954. His first book, Il Problema Estetico in San Tommaso, was an extension of his doctoral thesis on St. Thomas Aquinas and was published in 1956. His first novel, The Name of the Rose, was published in 1980 and won the Premio Strega and the Premio Anghiar awards in 1981. In 1986, it was adapted into a movie starring Sean Connery. His other works include Foucault's Pendulum, The Island of the Day Before, Baudolino, The Prague Cemetery, and Numero Zero. He also wrote children's books and more than 20 nonfiction books including Serendipities: Language and Lunacy. He taught philosophy and then semiotics at the University of Bologna. He also wrote weekly columns on popular culture and politics for L'Espresso. He died from cancer on February 19, 2016 at the age of 84.

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