The Island of the Day Before - Umberto Eco (English FIRST EDITION)

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.

Title: The Island of the Day Before

Author: Umberto Eco

Publisher: Secker & Warburg, London. 1995.

ISBN: 0 436 20270 0

Hardcover. First edition. Dust jacket in excellent condition. Binding tight - excellent. Inners show some foxing on title pages, but rest of book is unblemished. Overall condition: Excellent.