false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166253876m/10506.jpg 10506 38 <div>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. <br><br>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.<br><br>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.<br></div> 1792697 book 1995 The Island of the Day Before total:1882|5:284|4:565|3:656|2:287|1:90| 1882 6312 2752 134 1 7 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1998 Fri Mar 21 09:43:27 -0700 2008 Fri Mar 21 10:01:27 -0700 2008
The Island of the Day Before? this book inspired me to swear never to ...more...]]> 1 4 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1996 Fri Jul 13 15:54:48 -0700 2007 Tue Jul 17 06:57:52 -0700 2007 The Name of the Rose, I kept expecting it to be good - or, more accu...more...]]> 5 2 false false Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2003 Sat Jan 12 00:19:21 -0800 2008 Sat Jan 12 00:20:14 -0800 2008 4 1 false false Fri Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Apr 05 21:42:00 -0700 2008 Thu Aug 14 21:09:42 -0700 2008
It might be described as the ultimate shaggy dog story. Eco explores language to a large extent in this book with phrases that include multiple variations on a common stem, such as it was necessary that the n...more...]]> 1 2 false false Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1997 Sun Nov 30 03:06:23 -0800 2008 Sun Nov 30 03:22:42 -0800 2008 1 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2004 Thu Aug 27 04:04:11 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 28 17:02:23 -0700 2009
Where does one start? How does one review a product of an intellect such as Eco's, a scholar in semiotics, history and god knows what else? Many reviews I've re...more...]]> 2 1 false false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Aug 30 14:11:29 -0700 2007 Wed Sep 05 18:27:44 -0700 2007 more...]]> 1 1 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Sun Sep 23 22:23:58 -0700 2007 Sun Sep 23 22:23:58 -0700 2007 3 0 false false Thu Jan 15 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat May 23 06:40:52 -0700 2009 Sat May 23 06:40:52 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Mar 21 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Feb 22 02:17:55 -0800 2009 Sat Mar 21 01:59:10 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Tue May 12 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Mar 25 15:16:14 -0700 2009 Tue May 12 12:05:38 -0700 2009
500 pages of blathering and blathering, and most of it what we would consider "junk science." And yet, this is still a curiously well-made novel.

This novel is the surface of the water-- you stare into it, and see things clearly, at such and such a depth and ...more...]]> 3 0 true true Tue Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue May 06 11:01:02 -0700 2008 Tue May 06 11:11:12 -0700 2008 The Daphne, his relationship with Wanderdrossel, his adventures in learning how to swim, and most of all, his construction of the narr...more...]]> 4 1 false false Tue Apr 15 14:46:19 -0700 2008 Tue Apr 15 15:04:13 -0700 2008
The Island of the Day Before is like the finest red wine... deep, rich, layered with countless flavors and nuances, and deeply satisfying.

A man awakes to find himself on a well-stocked but abandoned sailing ...more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Mar 21 11:26:15 -0700 2008 Fri Mar 21 13:32:03 -0700 2008
Le bateau de Roberto échoue non loin du méridien du changement de date. Coincé, in...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Mar 08 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Jan 20 22:04:37 -0800 2008 Sun Jan 20 22:04:37 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sun Jan 06 08:24:31 -0800 2008 Sun Jan 06 08:37:38 -0800 2008
I really need to read this again to be able to give a better picture. I have only read The Name of the Rose by Eco before this and I recall liking that one much more. I'll definitely read this again in a couple of years to get a better idea of how I feel, but here is my partial...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Oct 06 12:06:53 -0700 2007 Sat Oct 06 12:19:43 -0700 2007
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