움베르토 에코

《장미의 이름》은 움베르토 에코의 소설로 1327년 11월의 이탈리아 어느 수도원에서 벌어지는 일련의 살인 사건을 다룬다. 이 소설은 당시 교황과 황제 사이의 세속권을 둘러싼 다툼, 교황과 프란체스코 수도회 사이의 청빈 논쟁, 제국과 교황에 양다리를 걸치려는 베네딕토 수도회의 입장, 수도원과 도시 사이에 흐르는 갈등 등도 다룬다. 이탈리아에서 1980년 처음 출판되었다. 이윤기가 영문판을 중역한 한국어판은 1986년 5월 15일에 초판이, 1992년 6월 25일 개역판이, 2000년 7월 10일 3판이, 2006년 4월 15일 4판이 발행되었다. 1986년 장 자크 …

Bored with their work, three Milanese editors cook up "the Plan," a hoax that connects the medieval Knights Templar with other occult groups from ancient to modern times. This produces a map indicating the geographical point from which all the powers of the earth can be controlled―a point located in Paris, France, at …

Baudolino is a 2000 novel by Umberto Eco about the adventures of a young man named Baudolino in the known and mythical Christian world of the 12th century. Baudolino was translated into English in 2001 by William Weaver. The novel presented a number of particular difficulties in translation, not the least of which is …

The Island of the Day Before is a historical fiction novel by Umberto Eco set in the 17th-century during the historical search for the secret of longitude. The central character is Roberto della Griva, an Italian nobleman marooned on a deserted ship in the Pacific Ocean, and his slowly decaying mental state, in a …

In this fascinating, abundant new novel from the incomparable Eco, Yambo, a rare-book dealer, has suffered a bizarre form of memory loss. He can remember every book he ever read but nothing about his own life. In an effort to retrieve his past, he withdraws into his old family home and searches through boxes of old …

In these “impishly witty and ingeniously irreverent” essays (Atlantic Monthly), “the Andy Rooney of academia” (Los Angeles Times) takes on computer jargon, librarians, bureaucrats, meals on airplanes, bad coffee, taxi drivers, 33-function watches, soccer fans, and more. Translated by William Weaver. A Helen and Kurt …

The Prague Cemetery is the sixth novel by Italian author Umberto Eco. It was first published in October 2010; the English translation by Richard Dixon appeared a year later. Shortlisted for the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize in 2012, it has been described as Eco's best novel since The Name of the Rose.

Now in paperback, Umberto Eco’s groundbreaking and much-acclaimed first illustrated book has been a critical success since its first publication in 2004. What is beauty? Umberto Eco, among Italy’s finest and most important contemporary thinkers, explores the nature, the meaning, and the very history of the idea of …