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Title	:	The Island of the Day Before
Author	:	Umberto Eco
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Deluxe Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 528 pages
Published	:	June 5th 2006 by Mariner Books (first published September 1994)
Categories	:	Fiction. Historical. Historical Fiction. Literature. Fantasy. European Literature. Italian Literature

The Island of the Day Before

Umberto Eco

Paperback | Pages: 528 pages

Rating: 3.47 | 13368 Users | 624 Reviews

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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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Original Title:	L'isola del giorno prima
ISBN:	0156030373 (ISBN13: 9780156030373)
Edition Language:	English
Characters:	Roberto della Griva, Roberto de la Grive, Tycho Brahe, Monsieur Gaffarel, Arthénice, Escondida, Marquis de Cinq-Mars, Monsieur de Saint-Savin, Monsieur de Toiras

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Ratings: 3.47 From 13368 Users | 624 Reviews

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Reading Umberto Eco is never an easy read but saying that, it doesnt mean hes not enjoyable. Added to the fact that all his books are translated from his native Italian, it is worth remembering. Sometimes two or three people are involved in the translation. He does write a good yarn, especially where historical fiction is concerned. I still think Focaults Pendulum is his best work followed by The Prague Cemetery

This book is really the pits. A total drag. I kept idiotically dreaming it would get better after the first hundred pages (as per Eco's post script to "Name of the Rose," which is a TRUE DREAM!)...two hundred...three hundred...and then I finished it. Should have thrown it against the wall like the previous reviewer. Gave it two stars hoping the cosmos will hand one over to "Name of the Rose."

A mixture of Don Quijote and Moby Dick, had come this novel. Intending to write a study about it soon. AS usual, the magician was playing, throwing his codes, here and there, waiting for his "model reader" to interpret, (and to EXTRA-interpret), and, as I was supposing while proceeding; it's a big metaphor, or, by his tongue: " they are mannered exercises". Il maestro era un giocatore, un attore e un auonatore.

I have no clear idea why people dont like this book, because I do really think that is one of the most luminous Ecos novels. The form of The Island of the Day Before (1994) could seem very simple, but it is not true. As often for Ecos literal strategy he tries to mask a various citations, allusions and parallels with cultural and historical basis. Every novel looks like intertextual garland of signs and senses which are masterly contained into historical or philosophical fiction, detective or

This is, by far, the most difficult novel I've ever read. I have never taken so long to finish a novel--ever. I studied the history of science and the history of early modern Europe in college (and recently refreshed my memory of both) and I'm pretty sure I caught maybe 20% of the scientific and philosophical references. At best. As a means of putting the reader in the mindset of an early 17th century European, it's amazing. Flat out brilliant. As a novel, it's slow, frustrating, and



Definitely my favorite Eco book. Got to give Annie props for recommending this one to me. Who knew that longitude could be such an interesting ontological motif?