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I want to read a good book which plays in medieval Europe. I read Narcissus and Goldmund years ago and enjoyed it quite much.

So I wonder, are there any other good books, especially interested if it plays in the time of the Black Death.

>> No.1281561

The name of the rose. Can't recommend it highly enough, it's a highly literate detective story by Umberto Eco set in a 14th century abbey.

>> No.1281580

The Distant Mirror by Barabara Tuchmann is a non-fiction history book about this period, but very very readable.

>> No.1281612

The Temptation of St. Anthony is neither medieval nor european, but it's monkish enough to qualify.

>> No.1281614

>>1281561
A hundred times this.

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1281629

Fuck the movie.

>> No.1281653

Marguerite Yourcenar, The Abyss, aka Zeno of Bruges.
Set at the end of medieval era, same mood than Narcissus and Goldmund.

>> No.1281655

Well shit, if we're putting goddamn Timeline on the list I'll say the Cadfael books aren't bad.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brother_Cadfael

>> No.1281683

>>1281561
it's good, but the first deduction with the horse was so absurd i could barely stand the rest of the book

>> No.1281751

Noah Gordon - The Physician
Patrick Suskind- Perfume

>> No.1282248

>Black Death
I'm surprised nobody has mentioned Decameron by Boccaccio.

>> No.1282261

Jester - James Patterson

>> No.1282391

Just for clarification, OP, are you looking for lit written in the medieval period or something that takes place in that time, or perhaps both?

As far as Medieval lit it is true the all the works of Boccaccio are great. I do love Arthurian lit as well, especially pre-Mallory, like Sir Gwain and the Green Knight and Lanval.

Also, of course there is Chauser as well, though I prefer the untranslated or the translated versions which do not preserve his rhyme schemes, especially for "House of Fame". "The Divine Comedy" is another, rightly, famous work. "Metamorphisis" by Ovid is a classical Latin work that was heavily influential on virtually all the Medieval writers.

Asian literature of the time is also interesting: "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" is great. "Water Margin" and "Journey into the West" are good too.

Yeah, so if you want more medieval lit ideas just ask.

>> No.1282406

defoe's Journal of the Plague Year.

>> No.1282462

>>1282406
HAHAHAHA oh man

really?

0/10

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>>1282391
He wants books set in medieval Europe. That's why he mentions Narcissus and Goldmund.

>> No.1282771

Everyone should read Candide; it is an excellent short picaresque made of lulz.