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The Island of the Day Before - Umberto Eco

Description: ISBN 0156030373 / Author: Umberto Eco / Genre: Fiction / Set in the 17th century, in Italy, France and on the high seas, this is a tale ... more

The Island of the Day Before - Umberto Eco ... of medieval legends and dastardly deeds, mixed with portions of exploration literature. Roberto, a young nobleman, waits alone on a Pacific island, separated from the island beyond: the island of the day before.

Newest Review: ... leaves the ship, except for a few futile attempts at learning to swim. Despite this, there is a continuous stream of new ... more

... ideas for Roberto to explore and adventures for him to have. Through flashbacks we learn of Roberto’s early life in which he found himself trapped in a castle under siege (much as he is now trapped in the ship) and his love for a French Lady, while in the present Roberto explores the philosophical problems of his day. Through a series of events he comes to believe that the islands he can see from the ship are the islands on the antipodal meridian. He learns that the on the islands it is always “yesterday&#...more

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The Island of the Day Before - Umberto Eco: ...All My Troubles Seemed so Far Away (1611 words)
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The international dateline. The place where the world entered the new millennium while most of us Brits were fast asleep in bed. The place where you can walk from today to yesterday and back again in just two steps. The place where, if this tale is to be believed, a young Italian nobleman was once shipwrecked and set about documenting the events that had brought him to this fate. “The Island of the Day Before” is the third novel by Umberto Eco, the philosopher, historian and literary critic best known for his first novel “The Name of the Rose” (which was made into a successful film starring Sean Connery and Christian Slater). As a ... Read the complete review

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