Book: Island Of The Day Before 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 reversed. But first he must learn to swim...About Author:
Umberto Eco is the author of four bestselling novels, The Name of The Rose, Foucault's Pendulum, The Island of The Day Before and Baudolino. His collections of essays also include Five Moral Pieces, Kant and the Platypus, Serendipities, Faith in Fakes, and How To Travel With a Salmon and Other Essays. A Professor of Semiotics at the University of Bologna, Umberto Eco lives in Italy.
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Details of Book: Island Of The Day Before Book: Island Of The Day Before
Author: Umberto Eco
ISBN: 0749396660
ISBN-13: 9780749396664
, 978-0749396664
Binding: Paperback
Publishing Date: 07101996
Publisher: Random House
Number of Pages: 528
Language: English