A new documentary delves into the infectious curiosity and passions of the Italian scholar and author of “The Name of the Rose.” By Nicolas Rapold When you purchase a ticket for an independently ...

When news reached the French republic that Victor Hugo had died on May 22, 1885, many thousands of its citizens began milling about the streets of Paris in hopes of catching a glimpse of the casket as ...

A documentary immersion into all things Eco, Davide Ferrario's film takes us on a tour of Umberto Eco's private library, guided by the author himself. Combining new footage with material he shot with ...

Umberto Eco, whose most famous fictional work, "Il nome della rosa" ("The Name of the Rose," 1980) ends with the burning of a medieval library containing among other classical texts Aristotle's now ...

Fans of The Name of The Rose author Umberto Eco turned out in NYC, boosting the documentary on medieval scholar turned novelist and social commentator to over $9.1k on one screen – a nice showing by ...

Umberto Eco insists that he read Pierre Bayard's book, How to Talk About Books You Haven't Read or at least skimmed it. In the July 26th edition of L'EspressoEco writes, “The most intriguing part of ...

When Umberto Eco was touring for the English edition of “The Mysterious Flame of Queen Loana” the Los Angeles Public Library asked me to interview him on stage for its ALOUD reading series in 2005. I ...

Role of libraries is a guarantee for a successful life By Syed Mustafa Ahmad There is no doubt about the usefulness of books. It is an undeniable fact that books have always played a significant role ...

His CIA code name is Condor. In the next seventy-two hours almost everyone he trusts will try to kill him.

Some may remember the deadly book of Aristotle that plays a vital part in the plot of Umberto Eco’s 1980 novel The Name of the Rose. Poisoned by a mad Benedictine monk, the book wreaks havoc in a 14th ...

A documentary immersion into all things Eco, Davide Ferrario’s film takes us on a tour of Umberto Eco’s private library, guided by the author himself. Combining new footage with material he shot with ...