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Book Review of The Name of the Rose

The Name of the Rose
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A challenge for the best. Scrambling through the latin translations is worth every effort in this extremely meaningful, soulful piece. (Or you can just by the all English version). But for those of us who can read latin, it's just not the same. Murder in the monestary! Who'da thunk it! If you haven't been subjected to the poor 80's movie rendition with Christian Slater and Sean Connery, I suggest reading this. It's a chunk to chew through, but will leave you hungry for more. A who dun-it or which monk did it? As you stumble around the long winded verses of the teacher all questions of religion/philosophy/& science are thrown at you. Swallow this and you can swallow anything.