num_pages: 528
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.The year is 1643. Roberto, a young nobleman, survives war, the Bastille, exile and shipwreck as he voyages to a Pacific island straddling the date meridian. There he waits now, alone on the mysteriously deserted Daphne, separated by treacherous reefs from the island beyond: the island of the day before. If he could reach it, time - and his misfortunes - might be reversed. But first he must learn to swim...
language: English
title: The Island of the Day Before
titlecomplete: The Island of the Day Before
characters: Arthénice, Marquis de Cinq-Mars, Monsieur Gaffarel, Escondida, Tycho Brahe, Monsieur de Saint-Savin, Roberto de la Grive, Roberto della Griva, Monsieur de Toiras
genres: Historical, Literature, Classics, Italian Literature, Novels, Philosophy, Italy, Historical Fiction, Fiction, Fantasy
ratings_count: 15290
publisher: Rupa & Co.