An edition of L'isola del giorno prima (1994)

The island of the day before

1st U.S. ed.
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An edition of L'isola del giorno prima (1994)

The island of the day before

1st U.S. ed.
  • 3.3 (6 ratings) ·
  • 27 Want to read
  • 1 Currently reading
  • 8 Have read

After a violent storm in the South Pacific (the year is 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.

In this fascinating, lyrical tale, Umberto Eco tells of an international race to establish the Punto Fijo 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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Pages
515

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Cover of: The island of the day before
The island of the day before
June 5, 2006, Harvest Books
in English
Cover of: La isla del dia de antes
La isla del dia de antes
July 2001, Debols!llo
Paperback in Spanish
Cover of: Ostrov nakanune
Ostrov nakanune
1999, Simpozium
in Russian
Cover of: L'Ile Du Jour D'Avant
L'Ile Du Jour D'Avant
January 21, 1998, Livre de Poche
Mass Market Paperback in French
Cover of: L'Île du jour d'avant
L'Île du jour d'avant
February 14, 1996, Grasset, Grasset and Fasquelle
Paperback in French
Cover of: The Island of the Day Before
The Island of the Day Before
March 1, 1996, Vintage
Paperback in English - Open Market Edition
Cover of: The island of the day before
The island of the day before
1996, Penguin
in English
Cover of: Las isla del dia de antes
Las isla del dia de antes
1995, Editorial Lumen, S.A., Lectorum Pubns
Paperback in Spanish
Cover of: The island of the day before
The island of the day before
1995, Harcourt Brace & Co.
in English - 1st U.S. ed.
Cover of: L' isola del giorno prima
L' isola del giorno prima
1994, Bompiani
in Italian - 1. ed. Bompiani.

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Edition Notes

"A Helen and Kurt Wolff book."

Published in
New York
Translation Of
L' isola del giorno prima

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
853/.914
Library of Congress
PQ4865.C6 I8413 1995, PQ4865.C6I8413 1995

Contributors

Translator
William Weaver

The Physical Object

Pagination
515 p.
Number of pages
515

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL1275991M
ISBN 10
0151001510
LCCN
95007594
OCLC/WorldCat
32130364
Library Thing
11786
Goodreads
997996

Work Description

En el verano de 1643 y en los mares del Sur, un joven piamontés, Roberto de la Grive, arriba como náufrago a una nave desierta. La nave está llena de animales desconocidos y de extrañas máquinas y artilugios, y ante ella, próxima e inalcanzable (no sólo, descubriremos después, en el espacio, sino también en el tiempo) una isla de ensueño. Roberto escribe cartas a la 'Señora'; a través de las cuales se adivina poco a poco su pasado: duelos, asedios, lances amorosos, alambicadas disputas de salón. Se trata, de hecho, de la lenta y traumática iniciación al mundo de la nueva ciencia, las razones de estado, las redes de espionaje de Mazarino y Richelieu, la guerra de los treinta años, en suma, a un cosmos en el que la tierra ha dejado de ser para muchos el centro del universo. En este 'Mar de la Inocencia' nada es inocente, y Roberto lo sabe desde el principio, porque ha llegado a estas Antípodas para resolver -sin personalmente desearlo- el misterio por el cual forcejean las nuevas potencias de la época: el secreto del Punto Fijo.

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