FRIDAY READING FORUM
Friday Programs | Available
Leigh E. Rich and Marc Thomas
The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco
3:30 – 5:00 pm | Fridays, January 9 through March 6
This bracing novel set in the 1300s brings a breathless serial murder investigation (the “detective” is a Franciscan friar) together with medieval philosophy, theology, and semiotics. Facilitators Leigh Rich and Marc
Thomas join enthusiastic readers for this close examination of The Name of the Rose.
Leigh E. Rich is a professor in GSU’s Department of Health Sciences. Her research focuses on feminism and medicine in pop culture and literature.
Marc Thomas is a retired librarian, bureaucrat, archivist, and poet. He is a frequent facilitator for book clubs at TLC.
- This course is not open to individual session attendance.
- The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco