[Tokyo Sogensha Co., Ltd.] Umberto Eco’s “The Name of the Rose [Complete Edition]” will be published around December 25, 2025!
Tokyo Sogensha Co., Ltd. Press release: October 23, 2025 To Members of the Press Umberto Eco’s “The Name of the Rose [Complete Edition]” will be published around December 25, 2025! Umberto Eco’s much-talked-about novel, “The Name of the Rose [Complete Edition],” which has become an unprecedented worldwide bestseller, is scheduled for publication in hardcover around December 25, 2025! Umberto Eco’s much-talked-about novel, “The Name of the Rose,” became an unprecedented worldwide bestseller as one of the most controversial works of the 20th century. Tokyo Sogensha has announced that the complete edition will be published around December 25, 2025!
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https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/9527/204/9527-204-47ca140b6a0c91b12b6155fc740455c9-2000×1532.jpg Character sketches by Eco ・Includes “Memorandum” originally published as a separate volume Immediately after the publication of “The Name of the Rose,” Jiryu Shobo published “Memorandum for ‘The Name of the Rose,'” which Kawashima Shiro revised and included based on the translation prepared by Kawashima Hideaki. The current Italian version of “The Name of the Rose” includes this “Memorandum” at the end of the volume, so the Japanese version will now have the same format. (Professor Kawashima Hideaki fell ill in the middle of the translation and passed away in 2016, so his son, Professor Kawashima Shiro, took over the translation.) – Revised based on corrections made from time to time after publication As it took a long time for the current edition to be published, the translation has been revised to reflect the latest content, including corrections that had already been made at the time the current edition was published. – Professor Shiro Kawashima, an expert in classical languages, has revised the Latin section and added corrections to the main text. ■ Orders for the current version will be accepted until October 31, 2025. Pre-orders for the complete version are scheduled to begin in late October. Pre-orders for the [Complete Edition] will begin at online bookstores in late October. Orders for the current edition, which is currently in circulation, will be accepted until October 31, 2025. Please note that orders placed after November 1, 2025 will require you to wait until the [Complete Edition] is published. *You can order the current edition until October 31, even if it is out of stock at bookstores. However, once it is out of stock, shipments of the current edition will end. *You can still purchase the current edition at bookstores from November onwards, provided it is still in stock. We will continue to provide the latest information on the Tokyo Sogensha official website and social media. Please stay tuned. ■ Bibliographic information Title: The Name of the Rose [Complete Edition] (Rara no Namae Kanzenban) Volumes 1 and 2 Author: Umberto Eco Translators: Hideaki Kawashima, Shiro Kawashima Series: Foreign Literature Selection Format: Paperback (A46 format) Number of pages: Volume 1: 416 pages, Volume 2: 528 pages Expected price: Volume 1: 3,000 yen, Volume 2: 3,200 yen (both excluding tax) ISBN: Volume 1:
978-4-488-01693-7 / Volume 2: 978-4-488-01694-4 Publication date: Around December 25, 2025 ※Release dates may vary depending on region and bookstore. ※The [Complete Edition] will be published in 46-size hardcover, just like the current edition (there are currently no plans for a paperback edition). ■Author Profile Umberto Eco Born in Alessandria, northern Italy in 1932. Semiotician, literary critic, philosopher, literary scholar, and author. He studied medieval aesthetics and Thomas Aquinas at the University of Turin. After graduating, he worked on cultural programs for the Italian
Broadcasting Corporation (RAI) and the critical department of the publishing company Bompiani. After graduating from the University of Milan and the University of Florence, he became a professor of semiotics at the University of Bologna, where he is a professor emeritus. His works include “The Name of the Rose,” “Foucault’s Pendulum,” “The Prague Cemetery,” “Semiotics,” “Open Work,” and many others. Passed away in February 2016.
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