By Umberto Eco
This a nice murder mystery set in 1327, in a monetary. At the end of the book there is an essay by Eco of how he write the book. The depth of his thinking is impressive.
For example, the novel is narrated by an old man, Adso, who is recalling the events which happened while he was young. This gives Eco multiple ways to inject back story and facts without popping out of the story. Old Adso knows that fate of certain characters, or the meaning of certain objects. Young Adso does not. So old Adso can add smart color and commentary to the story without having the novel go off too much on a tangent.
Eco also thought through the buildings of monastery so that the monks could have short private conversations as they walk between buildings, but public conversations in groups in the buildings. This allowed the author to naturally begin and end private or public conversations.
This a nice murder mystery set in 1327, in a monetary. At the end of the book there is an essay by Eco of how he write the book. The depth of his thinking is impressive.
For example, the novel is narrated by an old man, Adso, who is recalling the events which happened while he was young. This gives Eco multiple ways to inject back story and facts without popping out of the story. Old Adso knows that fate of certain characters, or the meaning of certain objects. Young Adso does not. So old Adso can add smart color and commentary to the story without having the novel go off too much on a tangent.
Eco also thought through the buildings of monastery so that the monks could have short private conversations as they walk between buildings, but public conversations in groups in the buildings. This allowed the author to naturally begin and end private or public conversations.
