1 00:00:12,769 --> 00:00:19,199 good morning good morning everyone 2 00:00:19,199 --> 00:00:21,140 welcome to better than food book reviews 3 00:00:21,140 --> 00:00:23,510 1000 subscribers and Counting 4 00:00:23,510 --> 00:00:26,099 thank you very much glad you're enjoying 5 00:00:26,099 --> 00:00:29,039 it please stick around there's much more 6 00:00:29,039 --> 00:00:29,580 to come 7 00:00:29,580 --> 00:00:32,270 it's just gonna get better from here 8 00:00:32,270 --> 00:00:35,790 alright how's it sounding on that end 9 00:00:35,790 --> 00:00:38,030 trying to do microphone here we're gonna 10 00:00:38,030 --> 00:00:45,170 see how this goes anyways okay 11 00:00:45,170 --> 00:00:47,760 trying to get in the talkative mood and 12 00:00:47,760 --> 00:00:51,559 just kind of woke up recently sort of 13 00:00:52,730 --> 00:00:59,609 words what did it yeah coffee does help 14 00:00:59,609 --> 00:01:03,629 with that the girls at the coffee shop 15 00:01:03,629 --> 00:01:04,979 told me this morning that the last time 16 00:01:04,979 --> 00:01:06,030 I came in there to get an iced coffee 17 00:01:06,030 --> 00:01:08,130 they actually had just filled up the cup 18 00:01:08,130 --> 00:01:11,189 by accident with cold brew concentrate 19 00:01:11,189 --> 00:01:14,040 pure toddy concentrate which weren't a 20 00:01:14,040 --> 00:01:15,240 normal human being would have been 21 00:01:15,240 --> 00:01:18,689 catastrophic leak affan a ting probably 22 00:01:18,689 --> 00:01:21,180 rendering them in the hospital for me I 23 00:01:21,180 --> 00:01:23,610 didn't even notice and that's probably a 24 00:01:23,610 --> 00:01:28,170 bad sign but unimportant anyways today 25 00:01:28,170 --> 00:01:31,350 Umberto eCos the name of the Rose this 26 00:01:31,350 --> 00:01:33,979 is a long overdue gothic classic 27 00:01:33,979 --> 00:01:37,560 essential reading for everyone a true 28 00:01:37,560 --> 00:01:39,119 pleasure to soak in and just enjoy the 29 00:01:39,119 --> 00:01:40,979 journey although I will admit maybe in 30 00:01:40,979 --> 00:01:42,990 the colder seasons but regardless of 31 00:01:42,990 --> 00:01:44,490 when you read it this is one of the 32 00:01:44,490 --> 00:01:46,320 absolute best and you'd really be 33 00:01:46,320 --> 00:01:47,939 hard-pressed to find a better way to 34 00:01:47,939 --> 00:01:51,259 spend your time period Umberto Eco is an 35 00:01:51,259 --> 00:01:55,310 Italian author philosopher essayist and 36 00:01:55,310 --> 00:01:57,119 semiotician meaning he studies the 37 00:01:57,119 --> 00:01:59,340 meaning of symbols the mystery and 38 00:01:59,340 --> 00:02:01,439 meaning of symbols permeates the name of 39 00:02:01,439 --> 00:02:03,719 the Rose like hot blood and soft linen 40 00:02:03,719 --> 00:02:05,579 this is a murder mystery but that's the 41 00:02:05,579 --> 00:02:07,430 least important thing about 42 00:02:07,430 --> 00:02:09,669 it's not what the book is about it's 43 00:02:09,669 --> 00:02:15,050 about how it's about it and I guarantee 44 00:02:15,050 --> 00:02:17,000 you've never read anything like this 45 00:02:17,000 --> 00:02:20,380 the setting is an Italian a bay in the 46 00:02:20,380 --> 00:02:24,650 14th century the year 1327 our main 47 00:02:24,650 --> 00:02:26,390 character William of Baskerville is 48 00:02:26,390 --> 00:02:28,520 called to this Abbey for a theological 49 00:02:28,520 --> 00:02:30,560 discussion or a debate he brings along 50 00:02:30,560 --> 00:02:33,410 with him his trusty novice Adso when 51 00:02:33,410 --> 00:02:34,910 they arrive at the Abbey all of these 52 00:02:34,910 --> 00:02:37,400 monks are very concerned because there's 53 00:02:37,400 --> 00:02:39,200 been a suicide of one of the monks and 54 00:02:39,200 --> 00:02:41,930 then others start turning up dead 55 00:02:41,930 --> 00:02:43,280 the thing you have to know about William 56 00:02:43,280 --> 00:02:45,170 is he is an exceptionally smart 57 00:02:45,170 --> 00:02:50,209 individual with a real scathingly 58 00:02:50,209 --> 00:02:52,400 perfect penchant for logic and 59 00:02:52,400 --> 00:02:54,410 rationality he has an incredible ability 60 00:02:54,410 --> 00:02:57,170 to solve complex puzzles he's extremely 61 00:02:57,170 --> 00:03:00,890 articulate and he's one hell of a 62 00:03:00,890 --> 00:03:03,380 well-read man William and adds up again 63 00:03:03,380 --> 00:03:04,940 realize that there is something hidden 64 00:03:04,940 --> 00:03:07,580 in the a bay there's something going on 65 00:03:07,580 --> 00:03:10,490 at night there are things in the shadows 66 00:03:10,490 --> 00:03:13,970 there's a labyrinth een an ancient 67 00:03:13,970 --> 00:03:16,190 labyrinth in library which is explicitly 68 00:03:16,190 --> 00:03:18,769 off-limits and somehow all of this is 69 00:03:18,769 --> 00:03:23,420 related to the Inquisition but who is 70 00:03:23,420 --> 00:03:26,000 pulling the strings and how we don't 71 00:03:26,000 --> 00:03:28,540 know there are literary references 72 00:03:28,540 --> 00:03:31,190 everywhere in this novel which is what 73 00:03:31,190 --> 00:03:33,230 makes it one of the greatest death books 74 00:03:33,230 --> 00:03:35,840 to read Umberto Eco was fascinated by 75 00:03:35,840 --> 00:03:38,239 the connectedness historically of all 76 00:03:38,239 --> 00:03:41,209 literature and it summed up perfectly 77 00:03:41,209 --> 00:03:43,220 when William is in the library in this 78 00:03:43,220 --> 00:03:45,800 little passage until then I have thought 79 00:03:45,800 --> 00:03:48,470 each book spoke of the things human or 80 00:03:48,470 --> 00:03:51,739 divine that lie outside books now I 81 00:03:51,739 --> 00:03:54,500 realized that not infrequently in books 82 00:03:54,500 --> 00:03:58,670 speak of books it is as if they spoke 83 00:03:58,670 --> 00:04:01,340 among themselves in the light of this 84 00:04:01,340 --> 00:04:03,350 reflection the library seemed all the 85 00:04:03,350 --> 00:04:07,220 more disturbing to me it was then the 86 00:04:07,220 --> 00:04:09,680 place of a long centuries old murmuring 87 00:04:09,680 --> 00:04:12,830 an imperceptible dialogue between one 88 00:04:12,830 --> 00:04:15,750 parchment and another a living 89 00:04:15,750 --> 00:04:19,769 a receptacle powers not to be ruled by a 90 00:04:19,769 --> 00:04:22,140 human mind a treasure of Secrets 91 00:04:22,140 --> 00:04:25,230 emanated by many Minds surviving the 92 00:04:25,230 --> 00:04:27,360 death of those who had produced them 93 00:04:27,360 --> 00:04:30,900 where I've been their conveyors this is 94 00:04:30,900 --> 00:04:32,370 something that a friend of mine says all 95 00:04:32,370 --> 00:04:34,950 the time he said happy great 96 00:04:34,950 --> 00:04:36,840 even the character William of 97 00:04:36,840 --> 00:04:38,460 Baskerville is an obvious literary 98 00:04:38,460 --> 00:04:40,860 reference to Sherlock Holmes out of the 99 00:04:40,860 --> 00:04:43,620 Baskervilles and also to William Locke 100 00:04:43,620 --> 00:04:46,830 him another Franciscan friar the blind 101 00:04:46,830 --> 00:04:48,870 librarian who watches all of the books 102 00:04:48,870 --> 00:04:50,790 is named Jorge of Burgos which is an 103 00:04:50,790 --> 00:04:54,470 obvious reference to jorge luis borges 104 00:04:54,470 --> 00:04:58,830 who was a massive influence on echo so 105 00:04:58,830 --> 00:05:01,710 you're waiting throughout the book for 106 00:05:01,710 --> 00:05:03,450 these earth-shattering pearls of wisdom 107 00:05:03,450 --> 00:05:05,940 that William will just drop from time to 108 00:05:05,940 --> 00:05:11,600 time and as well as the rich dense 109 00:05:11,600 --> 00:05:14,220 character design of everyone in the book 110 00:05:14,220 --> 00:05:16,290 you can smell the pig's blood being 111 00:05:16,290 --> 00:05:18,690 stirred in the barrels and you can feel 112 00:05:18,690 --> 00:05:22,169 the dark cold weather and the wet musty 113 00:05:22,169 --> 00:05:25,979 stone of the abbey philosophy and heresy 114 00:05:25,979 --> 00:05:32,510 and books about books about books yeah 115 00:05:32,510 --> 00:05:34,830 that's a good book the plot there's a 116 00:05:34,830 --> 00:05:36,419 lot of twists and turns that lead to 117 00:05:36,419 --> 00:05:38,850 nowhere and it can get complicated but 118 00:05:38,850 --> 00:05:40,919 even if you weren't trying to get truly 119 00:05:40,919 --> 00:05:42,780 nitty-gritty about understanding each 120 00:05:42,780 --> 00:05:44,400 and every reference and meaning of the 121 00:05:44,400 --> 00:05:46,640 symbols 122 00:05:46,640 --> 00:05:49,260 none of the pleasure is diminished it's 123 00:05:49,260 --> 00:05:51,990 a book to read again and again and again 124 00:05:51,990 --> 00:05:55,380 for the rest of your life books are not 125 00:05:55,380 --> 00:05:57,870 made to be believed but to be subjected 126 00:05:57,870 --> 00:06:01,169 to inquiry when we consider a book we 127 00:06:01,169 --> 00:06:03,750 mustn't ask ourselves what it says but 128 00:06:03,750 --> 00:06:06,990 what it means far better than food all 129 00:06:06,990 --> 00:06:08,310 right I said there would be a surprise 130 00:06:08,310 --> 00:06:10,229 after a thousand subscribers I did not 131 00:06:10,229 --> 00:06:13,340 lie I'm going to start a new channel 132 00:06:13,340 --> 00:06:16,110 it's going to be called film is better 133 00:06:16,110 --> 00:06:20,960 than food it's film reviews there'll be 134 00:06:20,960 --> 00:06:25,650 all kinds of stuff on there from all 135 00:06:25,650 --> 00:06:28,280 throughout ever 136 00:06:28,280 --> 00:06:31,260 so please look out for that also please 137 00:06:31,260 --> 00:06:32,910 subscribe tell your friends tell your 138 00:06:32,910 --> 00:06:35,280 mom subscribe to the new channel when it 139 00:06:35,280 --> 00:06:37,710 gets launched here in a little bit and I 140 00:06:37,710 --> 00:06:40,020 hope you're all doing well thank you 141 00:06:40,020 --> 00:06:42,690 very much for making this happen this is 142 00:06:42,690 --> 00:06:47,460 really reinforcing my idea that there 143 00:06:47,460 --> 00:06:48,960 was an audience for this and you guys 144 00:06:48,960 --> 00:06:50,070 have just come out of the woodwork and 145 00:06:50,070 --> 00:06:52,950 been incredibly supportive so this has 146 00:06:52,950 --> 00:06:54,840 been an overwhelmingly positive response 147 00:06:54,840 --> 00:06:57,870 and of course I have an event of ever 148 00:06:57,870 --> 00:06:59,790 having done kissing your ass thanks for 149 00:06:59,790 --> 00:07:02,550 sticking around I have more book 150 00:07:02,550 --> 00:07:04,620 suggestions than I'd know what to do 151 00:07:04,620 --> 00:07:08,490 with I'd I'll be reading well and to 152 00:07:08,490 --> 00:07:10,020 I'll be reading till I'm dead now so 153 00:07:10,020 --> 00:07:12,420 always remember what mr. John Waters 154 00:07:12,420 --> 00:07:13,950 said if you go home with someone and 155 00:07:13,950 --> 00:07:15,240 they don't have books about books about 156 00:07:15,240 --> 00:07:16,560 books about books about books about 157 00:07:16,560 --> 00:07:18,240 books about books about books don't 158 00:07:18,240 --> 00:07:19,800 them have a great day 159 00:07:19,800 --> 00:00:00,000 see you soon