I like a wide variety of books but do prefer fiction written with style! I am hoping to get some reading caught up on, including finishing some science fiction and fantasy trilogies, as well as the novels of William Golding and Anthony Powell.
For 2023, I might finally start Proust, what with the new translation being completely available this year!
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It is the year 1327. Franciscans in an Italian abbey are suspected of heresy, but Brother William of Baskerville’s investigation …
It is the year 1327. Franciscans in an Italian abbey are suspected of heresy, but …
No one obliges us to know... We must, that is all, even if we comprehend imperfectly.
— The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco (Harvest in translation) (Page 450)
It is the year 1327. Franciscans in an Italian abbey are suspected of heresy, but …
A dream is a scripture, and many scriptures are nothing but dreams.
— The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco (Harvest in translation) (Page 438)
It is the year 1327. Franciscans in an Italian abbey are suspected of heresy, but …
Another monk bites the dust!
It is the year 1327. Franciscans in an Italian abbey are suspected of heresy, but …
This is the illusion of heresy. Everyone is heretical, everyone is orthodox. The faith a movement proclaims doesn't count: what counts is the hope it offers. All heresies are the banner of a reality, an exclusion. Scratch the heresy and you will find the leper. Every battle against heresy wants only this: to keep the leper as he is. As for the lepers, what can you ask of them? That they distinguish in the Trinitarian dogma or in the definition of the Eucharist how much is correct and how much is wrong? Come... these games are for us men of learning. The simple have other problems.
— The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco (Harvest in translation) (Page 203)
It is the year 1327. Franciscans in an Italian abbey are suspected of heresy, but …
You see, the library is a labyrinth because all libraries are labyrinths! Gasp!
It is the year 1327. Franciscans in an Italian abbey are suspected of heresy, but …
For daytime sleep is like the sin of the flesh: the more you have the more you want, and yet you feel unhappy, sated and unsated at the same time.
— The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco (Harvest in translation) (Page 156)
It is the year 1327. Franciscans in an Italian abbey are suspected of heresy, but …
Are there not moments... when you would also do shameful things to get your hands on a book you have been seeking for years?
— The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco (Harvest in translation) (Page 138)
🎶He's talking about butt sex....Benedictine butt sex!🎶
🎶He's talking about butt sex....Benedictine butt sex!🎶
It is the year 1327. Franciscans in an Italian abbey are suspected of heresy, but …
He who laughs does not believe in what he laughs at, but neither does he hate it. Therefore, laughing at evil means not preparing oneself to combat it, and laughing at good means denying the power through which good is self-propagating.
— The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco (Harvest in translation) (Page 131)
It is the year 1327. Franciscans in an Italian abbey are suspected of heresy, but …
First day complete!
It is the year 1327. Franciscans in an Italian abbey are suspected of heresy, but …
Learning does not consist only of knowing what we must or we can do, but also of knowing what we could do and perhaps should not do.
— The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco (Harvest in translation) (Page 97)
It is the year 1327. Franciscans in an Italian abbey are suspected of heresy, but …
But often the treasures of learning must be defended, not against the simple but, rather, against other learned men
— The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco (Harvest in translation) (Page 88)
It is the year 1327. Franciscans in an Italian abbey are suspected of heresy, but Brother William of Baskerville’s investigation …
Nina is a Lipan girl in our world. She's always felt there was something more …
It's amazing how different in feel this book is compared to Darcie's first book Elatsoe. It is incredible that this book is just as good, showing Darcie has a wide range in her writing.
There are some similarities between the two. Both feature supportive family members, characters are reasonably competent based on age and characteristics, and the conflict arises naturally from the world (or in the case of this book, worlds) the characters inhabit.
Drama is not the driving force here, which is always refreshing. And the structure being that of what appears to be loosely connected stories is a pleasant experience that would probably adapt well to an audio version.
Aside from that, there's not much else I can say. Except one should certainly read this novel!
It's amazing how different in feel this book is compared to Darcie's first book Elatsoe. It is incredible that this book is just as good, showing Darcie has a wide range in her writing.
There are some similarities between the two. Both feature supportive family members, characters are reasonably competent based on age and characteristics, and the conflict arises naturally from the world (or in the case of this book, worlds) the characters inhabit.
Drama is not the driving force here, which is always refreshing. And the structure being that of what appears to be loosely connected stories is a pleasant experience that would probably adapt well to an audio version.
Aside from that, there's not much else I can say. Except one should certainly read this novel!
Nina is a Lipan girl in our world. She's always felt there was something more out there. She still believes …
