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The Name of the Rose
- Narrateur(s): Sean Barrett, Nicholas Rowe, Neville Jason
- Durée: 21 h et 5 min
- Catégories: Romans policiers et thrillers, Roman policier
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Foucault's Pendulum
- Auteur(s): Umberto Eco
- Narrateur(s): Tim Curry
- Durée: 6 h et 34 min
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One Colonel Ardenti, who has unnaturally black, brilliantined hair, a carefully groomed mustache, wears maroon socks, and who once served in the Foreign Legion, starts it all. He tells three Milan book editors that he has discovered a coded message about a Templar Plan, centuries old and involving Stonehenge, a plan to tap a mystic source of power far greater than atomic energy.
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Mythology
- Écrit par Utilisateur anonyme le 2020-12-18
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The Prague Cemetery
- Auteur(s): Umberto Eco
- Narrateur(s): George Guidall
- Durée: 14 h et 25 min
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Whether it’s a critically acclaimed novel or provocative collection of essays, every work from best-selling author Umberto Eco is a highly anticipated publishing event. The Prague Cemetery is set amid conspiracy-rich 19th century Europe, where intrigue abounds—and where a lone, evil genius may be pulling all the strings.
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Dreadful
- Écrit par Charleigh le 2018-11-15
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Baudolino
- Auteur(s): Umberto Eco
- Narrateur(s): George Guidall
- Durée: 18 h et 53 min
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As Constantinople is being pillaged and burned in April 1204, a young man, Baudolino, manages to save a historian and a high court official from certain death at the hands of crusading warriors. Born a simple peasant, Baudolino has two gifts: his ability to learn languages and to lie. A young man, he is adopted by a foreign commander who sends him to university in Paris. After he allies with a group of fearless and adventurous fellow students, they go in search of a vast kingdom to the East.
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awesome book if you are interested in history
- Écrit par Matthew le 2019-05-11
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The Adventures of Brother Cadfael
- A Collection of Chronicles
- Auteur(s): Ellis Peters
- Narrateur(s): Sir Derek Jacobi
- Durée: 17 h et 51 min
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A collection of chronicles including The Summer of the Danes, Brother Cadfael's Penance, The Heretic's Apprentice, Monk's Hood, The Potter's Field, Saint Peter's Fair.
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👍👍👍
- Écrit par Chuck Barr le 2019-08-15
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Say You're Sorry
- Auteur(s): Michael Robotham
- Narrateur(s): Sean Barrett
- Durée: 12 h et 4 min
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When Piper and her friend Tash disappeared, there was a huge police search, but they were never found. Now Tash, reaching breaking point at the abuse their captor has inflicted on them, has escaped, promising to come back for Piper. Clinical psychologist Joe O'Loughlin and his stalwart companion, ex-cop Vincent Ruiz, force the police to re-open the case after Joe is called in to assess the possible killer of a couple in their own home and finds a connection to the missing girls.
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Incredible.
- Écrit par J Brandon. le 2020-10-28
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How to Write a Thesis
- Auteur(s): Umberto Eco
- Narrateur(s): Sean Pratt
- Durée: 8 h et 15 min
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By the time Umberto Eco published his best-selling novel The Name of the Rose, he was one of Italy's most celebrated intellectuals, a distinguished academic and the author of influential works on semiotics. Some years before that, in 1977, Eco published a little book for his students, How to Write a Thesis, in which he offered useful advice on all the steps involved in researching and writing a thesis.
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Foucault's Pendulum
- Auteur(s): Umberto Eco
- Narrateur(s): Tim Curry
- Durée: 6 h et 34 min
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Mythology
- Écrit par Utilisateur anonyme le 2020-12-18
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The Prague Cemetery
- Auteur(s): Umberto Eco
- Narrateur(s): George Guidall
- Durée: 14 h et 25 min
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Dreadful
- Écrit par Charleigh le 2018-11-15
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Baudolino
- Auteur(s): Umberto Eco
- Narrateur(s): George Guidall
- Durée: 18 h et 53 min
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As Constantinople is being pillaged and burned in April 1204, a young man, Baudolino, manages to save a historian and a high court official from certain death at the hands of crusading warriors. Born a simple peasant, Baudolino has two gifts: his ability to learn languages and to lie. A young man, he is adopted by a foreign commander who sends him to university in Paris. After he allies with a group of fearless and adventurous fellow students, they go in search of a vast kingdom to the East.
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awesome book if you are interested in history
- Écrit par Matthew le 2019-05-11
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The Adventures of Brother Cadfael
- A Collection of Chronicles
- Auteur(s): Ellis Peters
- Narrateur(s): Sir Derek Jacobi
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A collection of chronicles including The Summer of the Danes, Brother Cadfael's Penance, The Heretic's Apprentice, Monk's Hood, The Potter's Field, Saint Peter's Fair.
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👍👍👍
- Écrit par Chuck Barr le 2019-08-15
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Say You're Sorry
- Auteur(s): Michael Robotham
- Narrateur(s): Sean Barrett
- Durée: 12 h et 4 min
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When Piper and her friend Tash disappeared, there was a huge police search, but they were never found. Now Tash, reaching breaking point at the abuse their captor has inflicted on them, has escaped, promising to come back for Piper. Clinical psychologist Joe O'Loughlin and his stalwart companion, ex-cop Vincent Ruiz, force the police to re-open the case after Joe is called in to assess the possible killer of a couple in their own home and finds a connection to the missing girls.
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Incredible.
- Écrit par J Brandon. le 2020-10-28
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How to Write a Thesis
- Auteur(s): Umberto Eco
- Narrateur(s): Sean Pratt
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By the time Umberto Eco published his best-selling novel The Name of the Rose, he was one of Italy's most celebrated intellectuals, a distinguished academic and the author of influential works on semiotics. Some years before that, in 1977, Eco published a little book for his students, How to Write a Thesis, in which he offered useful advice on all the steps involved in researching and writing a thesis.
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The Evening and the Morning
- Kingsbridge, Book 4
- Auteur(s): Ken Follett
- Narrateur(s): John Lee
- Durée: 24 h et 19 min
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It is 997 CE, the end of the Dark Ages. England is facing attacks from the Welsh in the west and the Vikings in the east. Those in power bend justice according to their will, regardless of ordinary people and often in conflict with the king. Without a clear rule of law, chaos reigns. In these turbulent times, three characters find their lives intertwined.
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Too similar
- Écrit par Leanne le 2020-10-01
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A Song for the Dark Times
- Auteur(s): Ian Rankin
- Narrateur(s): James Macpherson
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When his daughter Samantha calls in the dead of night, John Rebus knows it's not good news. Her husband has been missing for two days. Rebus fears the worst - and knows from his lifetime in the police that his daughter will be the prime suspect. He wasn't the best father - the job always came first - but now his daughter needs him more than ever. As he leaves at dawn to drive to the windswept coast - and a small town with big secrets - he wonders whether this might be the first time in his life where the truth is the one thing he doesn't want to find....
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Wouldn’t recommend.
- Écrit par R. le 2020-11-16
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Labyrinths
- Selected Stories & Other Writings
- Auteur(s): Jorge Luis Borges
- Narrateur(s): Dominic Keating
- Durée: 10 h et 21 min
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The groundbreaking trans-genre work of Argentinian writer Jorge Luis Borges (1899-1986) has been insinuating itself into the structure, stance, and very breath of world literature for well over half a century. Multi-layered, self-referential, elusive, and allusive writing is now frequently labelled Borgesian.
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The Magic Mountain
- Auteur(s): Thomas Mann
- Narrateur(s): David Rintoul
- Durée: 37 h et 27 min
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Hans Castorp is, on the face of it, an ordinary man in his early 20s, on course to start a career in ship engineering in his home town of Hamburg, when he decides to travel to the Berghof Santatorium in Davos. The year is 1912 and an oblivious world is on the brink of war. Castorp’s friend Joachim Ziemssen is taking the cure and a three-week visit seems a perfect break before work begins. But when Castorp arrives he is surprised to find an established community of patients, and little by little, he gets drawn into the closeted life and the individual personalities of the residents.
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Another masterpiece by Thomas Mann.
- Écrit par edmond le 2020-09-10
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The Canterbury Tales
- A New Unabridged Translation by Burton Raffel
- Auteur(s): Geoffrey Chaucer
- Narrateur(s): uncredited
- Durée: 22 h et 21 min
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Lively, absorbing, often outrageously funny, Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales is a work of genius, an undisputed classic that has held a special appeal for each generation of readers. The Tales gathers 29 of literature's most enduring (and endearing) characters in a vivid group portrait that captures the full spectrum of medieval society, from the exalted Knight to the humble Plowman. This unabridged work is based on the new translation.
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One Hundred Years of Solitude
- Auteur(s): Gabriel García Márquez, Gregory Rabassa - translator
- Narrateur(s): John Lee
- Durée: 14 h et 4 min
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One of the 20th century's enduring works, One Hundred Years of Solitude is a widely beloved and acclaimed novel known throughout the world and the ultimate achievement in a Nobel Prize-winning career. The novel tells the story of the rise and fall of the mythical town of Macondo through the history of the Buendía family. Rich and brilliant, it is a chronicle of life, death, and the tragicomedy of humankind. In the beautiful, ridiculous, and tawdry story of the Buendía family, one sees all of humanity, just as in the history, myths, growth, and decay of Macondo, one sees all of Latin America.
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Great Story
- Écrit par Miguel le 2018-09-28
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Wolf Hall
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- Auteur(s): Hilary Mantel
- Narrateur(s): Simon Vance
- Durée: 24 h et 14 min
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England in the 1520s is a heartbeat from disaster. If the king dies without a male heir, the country could be destroyed by civil war. Henry VIII wants to annul his marriage of 20 years and marry Anne Boleyn. The pope and most of Europe oppose him. The quest for the king’s freedom destroys his adviser, the brilliant Cardinal Wolsey, and leaves a power vacuum and a deadlock. Into this impasse steps Thomas Cromwell.
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At Last
- Écrit par Leslie Loving le 2019-04-03
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The Woman in White
- Auteur(s): Wilkie Collins
- Narrateur(s): Roger Rees, Rosalyn Landor, John Lee, Autres
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Secrets, mistaken identities, surprise revelations, amnesia, locked rooms and locked asylums, and an unorthodox villain made this mystery thriller an instant success when it first appeared in 1860, and it has continued to enthrall ever since. From the hero's foreboding before his arrival at Limmeridge House to the nefarious plot concerning the beautiful Laura, the breathtaking tension of Collins's narrative created a new literary genre of suspense fiction, which profoundly shaped the course of English popular writing.
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Wow, what a story and performance!
- Écrit par Winelover le 2020-08-11
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Society of the Spectacle
- Auteur(s): Guy Debord
- Narrateur(s): Bruce T Harvey
- Durée: 3 h et 43 min
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This is the "Das Kapital" of the 20th century - an essential text, and the main theoretical work of the Situationists. Few works of political and cultural theory have been as enduringly provocative. From its publication amid the social upheavals of the 1960s up to the present, the volatile theses of this book have decisively transformed debates on the shape of modernity, capitalism, and everyday life in the 21st century. This is the original translation by Fredy Perlman, kept in print continuously for the last 50 years, keeping the flame of personal and collective autonomy alive.
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The Count of Monte Cristo
- Auteur(s): Alexandre Dumas
- Narrateur(s): Bill Homewood
- Durée: 52 h et 41 min
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On the eve of his marriage to the beautiful Mercedes, having that very day been made captain of his ship, the young sailor Edmond Dantès is arrested on a charge of treason, trumped up by jealous rivals. Incarcerated for many lonely years in the isolated and terrifying Chateau d'If near Marseille, he meticulously plans his brilliant escape and extraordinary revenge.
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The Count of Monte Cristo
- Écrit par Amazon Customer le 2018-09-14
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Rebecca
- Auteur(s): Daphne Du Maurier
- Narrateur(s): Anna Massey
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Daphne du Maurier's young heroine meets the charming Maxim de Winter and despite her youth, they marry and go to Manderley, his home in Cornwall. There, the sinister housekeeper Mrs Danvers and the mystery she keeps alive of his first wife Rebecca - said to have drowned at sea - threatens to overwhelm the marriage.
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Superb Old-fashioned Drama
- Écrit par Cliente Amazon le 2019-11-20
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Blood Meridian
- Or the Evening Redness in the West
- Auteur(s): Cormac McCarthy
- Narrateur(s): Richard Poe
- Durée: 13 h et 6 min
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Author of the National Book Award-winning All the Pretty Horses, Cormac McCarthy is one of the most provocative American stylists to emerge in the last century. The striking novel Blood Meridian offers an unflinching narrative of the brutality that accompanied the push west on the 1850s Texas frontier.
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the book you are looking for
- Écrit par Literary Lover le 2020-08-26
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The international best seller! A masterful gothic thriller set against the turbulence of medieval Italy.
The year is 1327. Franciscans in a wealthy Italian abbey are suspected of heresy, and Brother William of Baskerville arrives to investigate. But his delicate mission is suddenly overshadowed by seven bizarre deaths that take place in seven days and nights of apocalyptic terror.
Brother William turns detective, and a uniquely deft one at that. His tools are the logic of Aristotle, the theology of Aquinas, the empirical insights of Roger Bacon - all sharpened to a glistening edge by his wry humor and ferocious curiosity. He collects evidence, deciphers secret symbols and coded manuscripts, and digs into the eerie labyrinth of the abbey where "the most interesting things happen at night".
As Brother William goes about unraveling the mystery of what happens at the abbey by day and by night, listeners step into a brilliant re-creation of the 14th century, with its dark superstitions and wild prejudices, its hidden passions and sordid intrigues. Virtuoso storyteller Umberto Eco conjures up a gloriously rich portrait of this world with such grace, ease, wit, and love that you will become utterly intoxicated with the place and time.
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- john-paul markides
- 2021-01-20
This Fransican brother recommends it!
One of the best books I've ever listened to. the accuracy to the people times places philosophies and spiritualities is unparalleled in my reading. I studied this era in my undergrad and I am a Franciscan brother. I recommend this book.
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- J. Ehninger
- 2020-07-15
Watch the movie!!
This is one of those rare occasions where I think the movie is superior to the book. Besides, I liked the ending in the movie a heck of a lot better than the ending in the book.
Umberto Eco has got to be one of the most verbose authors I've ever encountered. Characters spout endless diatribes, lists and enumerations, which frankly get overwhelming and boring on more than one occasion. In addition, Latin and some German passages are strewn throughout.
The narrator did a superb job for the most part, but butchered the German passages beyond recognition.
It was a good thing that I decided to listen to the audio book - I would NEVER have made it through the original written version!
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- Genevieve Paquette
- 2020-04-22
better off reading it
This was agony and I could not finish. I read this once in high school and I didn't hate it, I just wished there were translations or footnotes. I still wish that. I still didn't hate it, but wow, the experience of listening to this verbose behemoth is way different from reading it. It really highlights just how much talk/philosophy and how little action there is. I listened at 2.5 speed. It was still a painful marathon.
It's a classic for a reason, but not for its mystery plot.
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- Ryan
- 2014-02-14
The meaning of the mystery & mystery of meaning
On the surface, Umberto Eco's classic, The Name of the Rose, is a whodunit mystery set in a monastery in 14th century Italy. A perspicacious monk named William of Baskerville (an obvious nod) and his young assistant, Adso, who narrates the story as a much older man, arrive at the monastery, the scene of mysterious murders. Given that delegations from the Pope and Emperor, whose theologies have schismed, are about to arrive for a conference, and the air is already tense, William must get the root of the foul deeds. And, so, he puts to use his well-honed powers of observation and deduction in pursuit of ultimate causes. For, soon, an inquisitor will be arriving and things will get uncomfortable.
However, it's the turbulent 14th century, and ultimate causes may not be so clear, given the differing schools of thought on the nature of good and evil, sin and salvation, power and poverty, or reason versus superstition that embroil Christendom. At its core, TNTR is a philosophical and somewhat challenging book. Eco isn't afraid to pause the action and throw ideas at the reader, or look backwards in time and trace the evolution of different heretical Christian orders. Though these elements are a little confusing at first, if the reader is patient, it becomes clear that many of the themes are timeless and familiar.
This book is really a meditation on symbols and their meaning, the way ideas in our minds seek but never quite grasp the underlying reality, thus creating new ones. When does heresy stray from orthodoxy and become heresy, and what does each really mean? When does commitment to poverty become an act of violent revolution? What defines the line between sexuality that is good and sexuality that is a sin? How long do names, memories, and ideas hold onto an essence of something, when that thing is gone? When does reason lead us to answers, and when do our efforts to see through illusion create their own illusions? Is God simply the ultimate symbol, and what fearsome truth do we uncover in trying to peer beyond the veil?
To me, these rich questions (which will probably bore the heck out of readers who have no interest in philosophy or medieval theology) made for a moving read. Gradually, the riddles of the story build: a library filled with secrets, a close-mouthed gatekeeper, a labyrinth (see wikipedia for a map), a mysterious book, a prophetic figure, and trysts and twists in the dark of night. The murders, as they take place, point to the signs of the Apocalypse from the Book of Revelations. And, indeed, the story does build to a kind of apocalypse, filled with symbolism that I found quite brilliant, even as it calls into question all symbols. I won't hint at what Eco places behind the final seals, but to me, the best endings are the ones that both meet your expectations and surprise you, and I think he pulled that off.
If you're looking for an accessible thriller similar to the Da Vinci Code, don't bother. This novel is for people who want to fully engage their brains, and don't mind a bit of rereading to make sense of the pieces. Fans of Neal Stephenson’s Anathem, which has a lot of parallels, or of David Mitchell, might want to check this book out. It’s a little more “literary” than the works of both those authors, but I wouldn’t be surprised if it had been an influence on them.
To audible listeners, I should let you know that the various problems with the download and recording described by others seem to have been cleaned up. There was some faint background noise in part 3, but nothing that bothered me.
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- Christopher D. Williams
- 2014-02-26
Technical Problems Solved
For those reviews complaining that the third part of the audio book is not available, or about the production values - those are solved. At least I didn't have those problems. Upon purchase I had all 3 parts available for download. Having listened to the book twice now (the whole entire thing), I have not noticed any production problems with background noise or "voices like a party down the hall" or a "studio door open". I don't know if those were draft edits or a pre-release product or what, but the technical problems are solved.
I loved that all the characters had a separate voice, as narrated by the actor. That made following the action much easier for me. I used this version instead of the paperback book for a college class. I found that the book and the audiobook read word for word, and I could listen to the audio book while commuting.
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- Ellenaeddy
- 2016-02-04
Thank God! Not Abridged!
My favorite very odd mystery. They finally did an unabridged version of it and it is a delight. Treat yourself to a view of heretics, saints, and sinners in a world where the only thing that matters is books. I love this!
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- WorldTraveler
- 2015-03-20
More Absorbing than a Starch Gel!
Where does The Name of the Rose rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?
I have not finished listening and reading this book. If you like words, this is the book for you. Before now, I had never heard of Umberto Eco and had no idea what his style might be. This was his first book of many years ago and was a sensation. I can easily see why.
This is a detective story set in the 1300s at a monastery. The story is seen through the eyes of a young monk whose master is a brilliant ex-inquisitor. There are two murders. There is an extraordinary library most are not allowed to enter. There are secret passages. Spiritualism. Mysticism.
What is so absorbing for me is the vocabulary. I find myself loving the dictionary on my Kindle that allows me to look up all sorts of words. The story uses a lot of old world terms along with words you never hear in our speech today. Learn some Latin in the process!
What did you like best about this story?
I love the setting and viewing 14th century Christianity.
What about the narrators’s performance did you like?
This narrator puts you right there. His voice transports you back hundreds of years.
Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?
I never listen in one setting. What is the fun in that? This is a book you savor.
Any additional comments?
This is a great book for those who like Italy or might wish to travel to Italy. This book has certainly been read and the style copied by more modern authors. This is a book for people who like to think. Eco crafted this story masterfully.
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- Darwin8u
- 2014-01-17
Mortification of the Ears or "Redde mihi credita"
Mortification of the Ears, or
An unwholesome penance,
or an idle silence... or
"Redde mihi credita"
A couple days ago I called Audible to complain that they only had 2 out of 3 sections of the Unabridged 'Name of the Rose' audiobook available. Nothing is more disappointing than enjoying a listen and realizing that the last 6 hours of the book have gone missing. I remember once reading a novel in which my sister, as a joke, had removed the last couple pages. It was like that but more Kafkaesque. Then: I called complained, they refunded, I waited, they fixed/resurrected, I repurchased, I continued listening ... but the production quality was bad (not wicked bad or evil bad just slothful bad).
Second only to being flagellated by not having a whole book is realizing the missing piece is poorly produced. I could hear voices (NO, not those voices), like someone forgot to close the recording door and in a room down the hall someone else was having an office party at Macmillan Audio. Perhaps there was even cake. I couldn't tell if there was cake, but it sure sounded fun that background talking behind the narration of the book. Ugh.
As far as the book: Brilliant. Eco is amazing (Großer Eco, wir loben dich). But unless you NEED to listen to this, I'd skip it. GO buy the book and read it because Brother Umberto deserves better than the audiomonks at the Abbey of Macmillan.
Just don't read it outloud with a party down the hall, or at least shut the hidden d___ door. Go enjoy this book in silence.
Pax, pax tibi,
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- Harrius
- 2015-03-17
Wonderful. Perfectly narrated. A must listen.
I highly recommend this. I have read the book in both Italian and English, and I am convinced that, except for technical works, all books are best heard, and not read silently. The Romans were right in that regard. But to have the words brought to life further by such an expressive and rich voice was an unexpected joy. The passages that seemed weighty and dense when read became lucid and enjoyable when spoken. Even the Latin became comprehensible somehow.
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- Jason V.
- 2016-07-12
Better read than listened to...
This was a very interesting and fun murder mystery, very much in the style of Sherlock Holmes novels. The medieval Catholic philosophy and theology is fascinating and detailed, but it can be hard to focus on some of the diatribes when one is listening to it rather than reading it. The story doesn't really become compelling until day three, so stick with it until then.
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- Carole T.
- 2015-11-16
Mother of All Intellectual, Relligious Mysteries
Whew! I just finished this long, long and satisfying ride! Experiencing through Audible an old favorite can be a lesson in the changes in one's life and in current attitudes that bring about changes in taste and appreciation of certain books.
Not so here. Umberto Eco's fantastic library mystery holds up well through the years and the topics that matter in our world. Because, in "The Name of the Rose", the intelligent puzzle is just a part of the whole - and this is definitely a holistic work!
My favorite diversion-from-the-main-plot (and there are lots to choose from) concerns the issue of Jesus's poverty. What to most of us is self-evident in Christianity becomes a tangled and complex argument about wealth and power. It's a delicious look into the mind of the Medieval Catholic hierarchy, and it reads very true for a fictional account. You see, if Jesus was poor and advised his followers to be also, then how can the Church justify the grand cathedrals, the rich trappings of the priests, the accumulation of fortunes in art and relics? If Jesus was poor and separated himself from worldly concerns, how can Popes pretend to rival the Dukes and Kings for political power and influence? So, maybe Jesus did carry a purse - and the determination of this question means literally life or death for whole sects of Christians in the age of the Inquisitions!
Topics so relevant to our time crop up everywhere in this book. Major debates about religious fanaticism, intolerance, and misogyny are presented in ways that fascinate rather than bore. The characters represent these differing points of view in frighteningly realistic ways, and the exchange of arguments makes for challenging and intelligent involvement by the reader/listener.
I'm not sure how much I was hearing of which of these narrators, but they are all to be commended. I loved the different voices and the emotions conveyed.
This book is worth revisiting - or enjoying for the first time in its Audio version!
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- George
- 2014-04-05
Lose Yourself in the Ancient Library
First off, all of the problems with the downloading have been fixed. The whole recording is flawless. The narrator has the perfect voice for the character of an aging monk in the middle ages. Parts of the book are dry. I can imagine many people would have trouble listening through the exposition on theology and politics. But if you get the gist of these, you do not need to get every detail to know what is going on. This is definitely a mystery novel, but its an academic mystery. It is a book to listen to at night. It has a great payoff.
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- monique
- 2014-03-10
Brilliant!
For all the book readers who feared a disappointing rendition to this (arguably best ever) book--a wonderful and accessible interpretation, with unsurpassed narration. Bravo!
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