I started to write [The Name of the Rose] in March of 1978, moved by a seminal idea. I wanted to poison a monk.


Quoted in Myriem Bouzaher's introduction to the French version of The Name of the Rose, Postille al Nome della Rosa, Page 18 (1985)

Umberto Eco Quotes

I started to write [The Name of the Rose] in March of 1978, moved by a seminal idea. I wanted to poison a monk.

I started to write [The Name of the Rose] in March of 1978, moved by a seminal idea. I wanted to poison a monk.

I started to write [The Name of the Rose] in March of 1978, moved by a seminal idea. I wanted to poison a monk.

I started to write [The Name of the Rose] in March of 1978, moved by a seminal idea. I wanted to poison a monk.