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

The island of the day before

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

The island of the day before

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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.

Publish Date
Publisher
Harvest Books
Language
English
Pages
513

Previews available in: Spanish Russian French English Italian

Edition Availability
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, Debolsillo
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 • translated by Jean-Noël Schifano
Cover of: The island of the day before
The island of the day before
1996, Penguin
in English
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: 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
1995-01-01, QPD
in English
Cover of: The island of the day before
The island of the day before
1995, Harcourt Brace & Co.
in English • translated by William Weaver - 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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First Sentence

"THUS, WITH UNABASHED conceits, wrote Roberto della Griva presumably in July or August of 1643."

Edition Notes

Translation Of
L' isola del giorno prima
Translated From
Italian

Classifications

Library of Congress
PQ4865.C6I8413 2006, PQ4865.C6 I8413 2006

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL7365672M
ISBN 10
0156030373
ISBN 13
9780156030373
LCCN
2006277335
OCLC/WorldCat
68890324
LibraryThing
11786
Goodreads
10506

Work Identifiers

Work ID
OL14852922W

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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