The events unfolding in the monastery are exciting, but understanding the monks' conversations, conflicts, and sectarian divisions is so incredibly difficult that I cannot grasp it even though I am reading. Also, it would have been helpful to read if the blueprints had been included from the beginning, but they appear too late in the story.

Thirteen Warehouses *The Name of the Rose*. The story begins with the hypothetical premise that a section on comedy might exist following Aristotle's tragedies. Thus, the assumption was that the world's only manuscript of Part 2 of *Poetics*—the Comedy section—was secretly hidden somewhere. The murder case expands into a serial killing where monks identified as suspects also die one after another in unpredictable accidents. This gruesome and mysterious murder case unfolds around this book of

Whenever someone spoke about a religion, perhaps because I did not fully grasp its profound meaning, I always found it abstruse, complex, and difficult to understand. *The Name of the Rose* was no exception; with its frequent references to theology, it naturally felt challenging and was even somewhat tedious at first. However, I believe the reason I was able to overcome these barriers and finish the book was the author's exceptional writing skill. The book's flawlessly intricate plot structure

The Middle Ages was an era where God was the Way and the Truth. Heaven and Hell were taken for granted, and countless people agonized over proving God's existence. The universe is beautiful because a single, unified law exists, and in that dark age of the Middle Ages, those called sages were required to hold beliefs that contradicted their own crowds. Behind the crime that occurred in the monastery lay the *Book of Revelation*, which held the key to its resolution. It describes how God will

The Name of the Rose... Having read it long ago during my school days, now that I am rereading it... I can still vividly picture every nook and cranny of the monastery. I used to have romantic fantasies about monasteries, but I don't think I could ever live that kind of life. (The same goes for life in a convent, haha.) A controlled lifestyle, daily routines centered on prayer and scholarly pursuit, and voluntary work to protect oneself (to make a living)... Anyone would be surprised to learn

A set of intellectual novels by Umberto Eco, the greatest scholar of the 20th century. Eco’s great statement that we should not judge a writer’s writing as their entire being is something I always keep in mind when reading! Encountering The Name of the Rose through the Open Books translation is a truly moving experience.

I am grateful to have discovered and read this book among the countless books in my short life. I usually have little interest in mystery novels, but reading this work changed my mind. The author tells us the process of the protagonists, William and Adso, unraveling the mysterious events unfolding in the monastery with a narrative that is truly, genuinely, and perfectly flawless—neither too much nor too little. As you read, the descriptions of the characters and events, as well as the

It is famous, but... this was the first book by Umberto Eco I had ever encountered. The sentences are difficult, but thanks to that, I could feel myself getting smarter. Haha. I read slowly when I first opened the book, but the more I read, the better I understood and the faster I could read. It cannot be compared to the sentences just anyone writes these days, and even though it is difficult, the writing isn't messily pretentious. It is hard to read when you are busy, but I think it is really

It isn't an easy read. I have no religion, and since the setting is the Middle Ages and my knowledge level is such that it's hard to tell whether the characters are real or fictional, I struggled to even turn the pages at first. However, as I kept reading, I found myself making deductions without even realizing it, and I was amazed by the author's vast knowledge, so I finished reading two volumes in no time.