The Island of the Day Before

The Island of the Day Before
by Umberto Eco

The Island of the Day Before
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Author: Umberto Eco
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2006-06-05
ISBN: 0156030373
Number of pages: 528
Publisher: Mariner Books

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Book Review: brain-breaking amazing stuff
Summary: 5 Stars

just another masterpiece from Eco. It's a match to Foucault pendulum by its depth and complexity (compare to enjoyable light Name of the Rose and Baudolino.) I don't understand one's point that it's not the best Eco's novel - so what? It still IS orders better than millions of other books.

Summary of The Island of the Day Before

After a violent storm in the South Pacific in the year 1643, Roberto della Griva finds himself shipwrecked-on a ship. Swept from the Amaryllis, he has managed to pull himself aboard the Daphne, anchored in the bay of a beautiful island. The ship is fully provisioned, he discovers, but the crew is missing.

As Roberto explores the different cabinets in the hold, he remembers chapters from his youth: Ferrante, his imaginary evil brother; the siege of Casale, that meaningless chess move in the Thirty Years' War in which he lost his father and his illusions; and the lessons given him on Reasons of State, fencing, the writing of love letters, and blasphemy.

In this fascinating, lyrical tale, Umberto Eco tells of a young dreamer searching for love and meaning; and of a most amazing old Jesuit who, with his clocks and maps, has plumbed the secrets of longitudes, the four moons of Jupiter, and the Flood.

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