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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 | ||
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