Island of the Day Before
$29.98
- Paperback
528 pages
- Release Date
1 October 1996
Summary
Every age gets the classics it deserves. I hope we deserve The Island of the Day Before - New York Times Book Review
The year is 1643. Roberto, a young nobleman, survives war, the Bastille, exile, and shipwreck as he voyages to a Pacific island straddling the date meridian. There he waits now, alone on the mysteriously deserted Daphne, separated by treacherous reefs from the island beyond—the island of the day before. If he could reach it, time and his misfortunes might be re…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780749396664 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0749396660 |
| Author: | Umberto Eco, William Weaver |
| Publisher: | Vintage Publishing |
| Imprint: | Vintage |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 528 |
| Release Date: | 1 October 1996 |
| Weight: | 366g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 130mm x 32mm |
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Critics Review
No comparable book has ever existed… The exuberance of the narrative and sheer sumptuousness of the language possess a precision for which everything in Eco’s earlier writing had prepared us, but equally a panache for which nothing had * Sunday Times *
Vintage Eco…full of verbal conjuring: both an enjoyable fable and a skillful parade of recent literary theory and history of science * The Times *
A great feast of words * Times Literary Supplement *
Every age gets the classics it deserves. I hope we deserve The Island of the Day Before…This novel belings in the great tradition of Swift’s Gulliver’s Travels, Johnson’s Rasselas and Voltaire’s Candide. We are left energized, exhilarated by the sheer sensory excitement of the music’s telling. * New York Times Book Review *
About The Author
Umberto Eco
Umberto Eco (1932-2016) wrote fiction, literary criticism and philosophy. His first novel, The Name of the Rose, was a major international bestseller. His other works include Foucault’s Pendulum, The Island of the Day Before, Baudolino, The Mysterious Flame of Queen Loana, The Prague Cemetery and Numero Zero along with many brilliant collections of essays.
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