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020 _a9781448182206
024 _a890164463
050 _aPQ4865.C6
082 _a853.914
100 1 _aUmberto Eco
245 1 _aThe Island of the Day Before
260 _bPenguin Random House
300 _a528 pages
520 _aThe 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...
650 _aHistorical Fiction
999 _c18810
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