Eco, Umberto

The name of the rose by Umberto Eco ( Book )
465 editions published between 1980 and 2011 in 35 languages and held by 4,833 libraries worldwide
The year is 1327. Franciscans in a wealthy Italian abbey are suspected of heresy, and Brother William of Baskerville arrives to investigate. His delicate mission is suddenly overshadowed by seven bizarre deaths that take place in seven days and nights of apocalyptic terror. The body of one monk is found in a cask of pigs' blood, another is floating in a bathhouse, still another is crushed at the foot of a cliff.

Foucault's pendulum by Umberto Eco ( Book )
234 editions published between 1988 and 2011 in 24 languages and held by 3,956 libraries worldwide
Three editors conspire to devise a plan of their own about European history. As they feed all the information into their computer, they think it is a terrific joke--until people begin to mysteriously disappear.

The island of the day before by Umberto Eco ( Book )
132 editions published between 1994 and 2009 in 26 languages and held by 2,962 libraries worldwide
A 17th Century Italian knight recounts his adventures during a siege in the Thirty Years' War and afterwards in naval espionage against the British. In between, he describes the salons of Paris, lessons in fencing and reasons of state, and gives his thoughts on writing love letters and on blasphemy.

The mysterious flame of Queen Loana by Umberto Eco ( Book )
92 editions published between 2004 and 2011 in 22 languages and held by 2,950 libraries worldwide
Having suffered a complete loss of memory regarding every aspect of his identity, Yambo withdraws to a family home outside of Milan, where he sorts through boxes of old records and experiences memories in the form of a graphic novel.

Baudolino by Umberto Eco ( Book )
137 editions published between 2000 and 2011 in 23 languages and held by 2,921 libraries worldwide
Born a simple peasant in northern Italy, Baudolino narrates the story of his life, from his adoption by Emperor Frederick Barbarossa and his education in Paris to his arrival in Constantinople during the turmoil of the Fourth Crusade.

Art and beauty in the Middle Ages by Umberto Eco ( Book )
49 editions published between 1986 and 2009 in 11 languages and held by 1,793 libraries worldwide

The role of the reader : explorations in the semiotics of texts by Umberto Eco ( Book )
33 editions published between 1979 and 1997 in English and held by 1,770 libraries worldwide

A theory of semiotics by Umberto Eco ( Book )
86 editions published between 1975 and 2008 in 11 languages and held by 1,478 libraries worldwide

The search for the perfect language by Umberto Eco ( Book )
55 editions published between 1993 and 2009 in 9 languages and held by 1,398 libraries worldwide
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Serendipities : language & lunacy by Umberto Eco ( Book )
17 editions published between 1998 and 2002 in English and held by 1,373 libraries worldwide
Umberto Eco's latest work unlocks the riddles of history in an exploration of the "linguistics of the lunatic," stories told by scholars, scientists, poets, fanatics, and ordinary people in order to make sense of the world. Exploring the "Force of the False," Eco uncovers layers of mistakes that have shaped human history, such as Columbus's assumption that the world was much smaller than it is, leading him to seek out a quick route to the East via the West and thus fortuitously "discovering" America. In a careful unveiling of the fabulous and the false, Eco shows us how serendipities - unanticipated truths - often spring from mistaken ideas. From Leibniz's belief that the I Ching illustrated the principles of calculus to Marco Polo's mistaking a rhinoceros for a unicorn, Eco tours the labyrinth of intellectual history, illuminating the ways in which we project the familiar onto the strange.