Father of Six

The novel begins with an “editor’s” description of how he came to be in possession of a manuscript.

There are huge, chunky paragraphs pf Latin, largely untranslated, but deftly worked into the continuing narrative.

Here is a parenthetical example - but in French - again untranslated.

I’ve finished the first chapter, the story of the editor/translator and his now third edition of the manuscript original, written by Adso of Melk. I am slightly irritated at the untranslated Latin and French segments, and as I start the next chapter I am slightly aware that I might not be completely in grasp of the literary events.