by Umberto Eco · Círculo de Lectores · tapa dura · ISBN 9788422659709
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«La isla del día de antes» is the adventure novel by Umberto Eco, published by Círculo de Lectores in hardcover (475 pages, in Spanish).
In 1643, Roberto, a young Italian nobleman who has survived wars, sieges and a shipwreck, takes refuge on an abandoned ship off a Pacific island, near the date line. From there he recalls his past and dreams of reaching that island where time seems to reverse; thus unfolds a tale of adventure, courtly love and reflections on Baroque science.
The original work, «L'isola del giorno prima», was published in Italian in 1994; this 1996 Spanish edition features a translation by Helena Lozano.
Aimed at readers of historical fiction and Italian literature seeking a Baroque adventure with philosophical and scientific undertones.
Umberto Eco was an Italian medievalist, philosopher, semiotician, novelist, cultural critic, and political and social commentator. In English, he is best known for his popular 1980 novel The Name of the Rose, a historical mystery combining semiotics in fiction with biblical analysis, medieval studies and literary theory, as well as Foucault's Pendulum, his 1988 novel which touches on the history of occultism and its contemporary interpretation through the new age movement.
