Extracted from infidel by Ayaan Hirsi Ali, published by Free Press. Life On The Run Ayaan Hirsi Ali October 5, 2008. From inside the apartment, he could hear people calling him an infidel and debating whether to kill him on the spot.
Gertrude Stein, 1935. The sentence Rose is a rose is a rose is a rose. was written by Gertrude Stein as part of the 1913 poem Sacred Emily, which appeared in the 1922 book Geography and Plays. In that poem, the first Rose is the name of a person. Stein later used variations on the sentence in other writings, and A rose is a rose is a rose is among her most famous quotations, often interpreted as meaning things are what they are, a statement of the law of identity, A is A.
For the 1986 film adaptation, see The Name of the Rose (film) . For other uses, see The Name of the Rose (disambiguation) . The Name of the Rose (Italian: Il nome della rosa) is the 1980 debut novel by Italian author Umberto Eco.It is a historical murder mystery set in an Italian monastery, in the year 1327, an intellectual mystery combining semiotics in fiction, biblical analysis, medieval studies, and literary theory.or the 1986 film adaptation, see The Name of the Rose (film) . For other uses, see The Name of the Rose (disambiguation) . The Name of the Rose (Italian: Il nome della rosa) is the 1980 debut novel by Italian author Umberto Eco.