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Bonus Ep 76 - The Name of the Rose 8: Postmodern Medievalism

Added 2024-12-06 13:00:09 +0000 UTC

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patrons, we're back to put a bow on Umberto Eco's The Name of the Rose once and for all. here on the Seventh Day, we finally get all the answers but they aren't anything like we imagined. Eco's final inversion of the murder-mystery tale is at last revealed, subverting our expectations and hollowing out our beloved protagonists in the process. William will make one last attempt to prevent this, for Adso, at least, but even our Sherlock Holmes stand-in, a man unstuck in time, can't save Adso's soul. so join us for one of the most haunting and brilliant conclusions ever written as we find out why every Medieval story has to have a fire.