Book Log

[mikekn]

27. The Name of the Rose - Umberto Eco *

Seen the movie, and now I've heard the book. Having seen the movie a few times I had a good idea of the plot and characters. What was interesting was how different the story felt. The book is a bit long winded at times, but still very enjoyable. Now I need to see the movie again while the book is fresh in my mind and see what changes were made.
 

Comments

[folo1.livejournal.com]

What you really need to do is to find one of the books that annotates the Eco novel. I was honestly amazed at what I had not understood!

[mikekn]

Good idea. A friend of mine has one of them, and I may borrow it for a bit.

[greene-man.livejournal.com]

An annotated guide would definitely help. The same thing was done for the "League of Extraordinary Gentlemen" graphic novels.

[draculachanter.livejournal.com]

Odd that I've never read Rose. Loved the movie, though.
I met Umberto Eco at a Borders booksigning/reading many eons ago. He's actually quite charming and seems to enjoy his public following.

I've yet to make it all the way through Foucault's Pendulum, though...

[mikekn]

Foucault's Pendulum is my next audio book :)

[jducoeur]

I actually read Foucault's in paper, but it was a long slog -- it took a few tries to get through it. Fascinating, especially given my fondness for conspiracies and secret societies and such, but it's quite dense...

[mikekn]

In the back of one of his books he talks about using the start of a book to select or screen out readers. So that those who make it through are the type of reader the rest of the book was meant for.

[baron-steffan.livejournal.com]

The film was how I learned the word "palimpsest": at least they were up-front (if you're erudite ) enough to admit that the film didn't bear much relation to the book at all. I'm so glad I read the book first, and I was disappointed that Prof. Eco would allow his work to be molested so savagely.