I finally finished The Name of the Rose. Dense! Basically a work of poetry, philosophy, and church history in the guise of a murder mystery. Slowest I've ever read a novel. Must've taken four hours for the last 100 pages, jeez. I'm almost convinced I have to learn Latin, now... Where's my damn LLPSI...

4 months ago · 👍 arubes

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@hyena I really recommend it. It'll not be as difficult as I made it sound to someone whose native tongue is English, but there's a lot of very specialised ecclesiastical language and latin. You can just imagine me, huddled over a dictionary as phrases like "chryselephantine diptych" are thrown around every four words. · 4 months ago

I bought that for my ereader earlier this year. I have been a bit timid about diving in though. · 4 months ago

one of my favorite books, but, as you said, quite dense. Still worth it, I think.

All you said, and more. I still remember that joke about the vocative of ego, all these years later :) · 4 months ago