Korean-owned audiobook service Welaaa to release audiobook for Umberto Eco’s ‘The Name of the Rose’

▲ This photo, provided by Welaa, shows the cover page of the audiobook 'The Name of the Rose.' (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE) (Yonhap)

SEOUL, Feb. 28 (Yonhap) -- The Korean-owned audiobook service Welaaa will exclusively drop the audiobook for the mystery novel “The Name of the Rose,” written by the Italian pre-eminent scholar and best-selling author Umberto Eco (1932 - 2016), for the Korean book lovers.

His 1980 debut novel is a historical murder mystery set in an Italian monastery in the year 1327, which follows the story of the British monk William chasing after the clue to a murder crime that occurred at a monastery in Italy.

The intellectual mystery, which combines Aristotle’s logic, Thomas Aquinas’ theology, Francis Bacon’s empiricist philosophy, and Eco’s extensive anthropological knowledge, has been acknowledged and acclaimed as a compilation of 10,000 books.

The world-renowned author won the Stretch Award in 1981, which was followed by the Medicis Award in 1982. His book was then selected as Memorable Book of the 20th Century by the Frankfurt Book Fair in 1999.

Kwon Sung-hyuk, Nam Do-hyung, Lee Jae-beom, Min Seung-woo, and Lee Jung-min, who are all very well-celebrated voice actors in Korea, have participated in producing this audiobook.

The first part of the novel was released Monday, and the second part will be unveiled on Mar. 6.

(This article is translated from Korean to English by Ha eun Lee)

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