Umberto Eco, author of 'The Name of the Rose,' dead at 84

AP via Yahoo ^ | February 20, 2016 | Colleen Barry

[EveningStar]

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[EveningStar]

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[ifinnegan]

There was a pillow near his head

Saw the movie, didn’t read the book.

Read Foucoult’s Pendulum.

[Anitius Severinus Boethius]

We lost Harper Lee and Umberto Eco on the same day. A sad day for literature.

[MUDDOG]

Also saw in the paper today that Jim Davenport died, former Giants’ third baseman. He was 82.

[AnotherUnixGeek]

I’ve read English translations of ‘The Name of the Rose’ and ‘Foucault’s Pendulum’, great books. Sorry to hear of his passing.

[CpnHook]

“The Name of the Rose” was a great read; a book centered on the influence of thought. Though the extended Latin passages with no translation was frustrating.

[vladimir998]

All you need is this: http://www.amazon.com/The-Key-Name-Rose-Translations/dp/0472086219

Your local public library system might have it. It not only has all the translations you would need but some short historical explanations too. Well, worth the look-see.

[Fiddlstix]

His book, "The Name of the Rose" Was a Great read! I even read it twice.
The movie "The Name of the Rose" was total garbage. Not worth seeing if you read the book!

[null and void]

Sad. He was a world treasure.

[null and void]

I liked them both. Perhaps it’s because I saw the movie well before I got around to reading the book?

[EveningStar]

Also saw in the paper today that Jim Davenport died, former Giants' third baseman. He was 82.

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[SamAdams76]

All these people are dying. Everytime I turn around, somebody else is dead (I'm really going to have to stop turning around).

I have had Eco's book Foucault's Pendulum on my shelf for many years. Never got around to tackling it but now that he's dead, I might have to put it on my short list.

For those who have read his books, should I start with that one or should I get the Name Of The Rose and read that first.

I read "Pillars of the Earth" by Ken Follett and found that to be a good book. Is the Eco book anything like that? Ken Follett is still alive I believe. So he might write more books still.

[Borges]

He was frightfully learned.

[Verginius Rufus]

C.S. Lewis and Aldous Huxley both died on the same day, November 22, 1963.

JFK also died on the same day. He had a couple of books credited to him. I'm not sure that he actually wrote them.

[Verginius Rufus]

I read "The Name of the Rose" in translation.

But I managed to read "To Kill a Mockingbird" in the original language.

[Mercat]

I saw the movie and then read the book. Book was better. Then I read Foucault’s Pendulum. Amazing book. I think I need to read it again.

[Mercat]

I will buy the keys before I read his books again. They were wonderful but very complicated. I would say that probably The D’Vinci Code stole quite a bit from Foucault’s Pendulum but Pendulum was in a whole different league.

[Larry Lucido]

Do third basemen go in threes?

[SE Mom]

This was a truly wonderful book. I read it when it was first published and was spellbound.

Go with God, Umberto.