Happy Birthday, Umberto
Today is Italian writer/professor Umberto Eco's birthday. He was born in 1932. I'm not sure you can call yourself a bibliophile if you haven't read Eco's 1980 novel, The Name of the Rose. It is a mystery set in a monastery, with William of Baskerville as the main character. Need I say more?
If you haven't had the pleasure, I urge you to read it (millions of others have!); a lovely jacketed hardcover edition is published by Everyman's Library.
p.s. Do not see the movie adaptation starring Sean Connery and Christian Slater -- it is awful.
If you haven't had the pleasure, I urge you to read it (millions of others have!); a lovely jacketed hardcover edition is published by Everyman's Library.
p.s. Do not see the movie adaptation starring Sean Connery and Christian Slater -- it is awful.
