The Island of the Day Before

Umberto Eco

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SKU:: 13
Book Condition:: Good - Minimal, limited shelf wear to front cover; clean and unmarked pages.
Format:: Paperback, 514 pages
Publisher:: Penguin Books, 1996

Description

Umberto Eco, one of the greatest storytellers of all time, continues to enthrall readers with this exquisitely crafted novel that celebrates the romance, war, politics, philosophy, and science of the baroque period in all its lush and colorful detail.

Editorial Reviews

"As wonderfully exotic as only Eco can contrive...An astonishing intellectual journey." —San Francisco Chronicle

"A masterpiece...intellectually stimulating and dramatically intriguing." —Chicago Tribune

About the Author

Umberto Eco is a professor of semiotics at the University of Bologna. His other works include On Literature, Baudolino, Foucault's Pendulum, The Island of the Day Before, and Travels in Hyperreatlity.