[Sca-cooks] Name of the Rose

[Gorgeous Muiredach]

>I believe Maire is referring tot he movie starring Sean Connery and
>Christian Slater based on a book of the same name be Umberto Eco.  It is
>basically a murder mystery set in medieval (umm I *think* 12th Century)
>Europe.  There are lots of wonderful subtexts regarding the way monasteries
>were run, religious attitudes of the time etc.

I feel the book is much more than a murder mystery.  the subtext goes very
deeply into philosophy, theology, the history of religion, and the
religious attitudes etc.  Ecco tends to write "heavy".  Pretty awesome
writer though. :-)


Gorgeous Muiredach
Rokkehealden Shire
Kingdom of the Middle
aka
Nicolas Steenhout
"You must deal with me as I think of myself" J. Hockenberry