The Mysterious Flame of Queen Loana - Couverture souple

Eco, Umberto

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0156030438 ISBN 13 : 9780156030434

Editeur : Mariner Books, 2006

Synopsis

Book by Eco Umberto

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

Yambo, a sixtyish rare-book dealer who lives in Milan, has suffered a loss of memory-he can remember the plot of every book he has ever read, every line of poetry, but he no longer knows his own name, doesn't recognize his wife or his daughters, and remembers nothing about his parents or his childhood. In an effort to retrieve his past, he withdraws to the family home somewhere in the hills between Milan and Turin. There, in the sprawling attic, he searches through boxes of old newspapers, comics, records, photo albums, and adolescent diaries. And so Yambo relives the story of his generation: Mussolini, Catholic education and guilt, Josephine Baker, Flash Gordon, Fred Astaire. His memories run wild, and the life racing before his eyes takes the form of a graphic novel. Yambo struggles through the frames to capture one simple, innocent image: that of his first love.

A fascinating, abundant new novel-wide-ranging, nostalgic, funny, full of heart-from the incomparable Eco.

Biographie de l'auteur :

Umberto Eco (1932-2016) wrote fiction, literary criticism and philosophy. His first novel, The Name of the Rose, was a major international bestseller. His other works include Foucault's Pendulum, The Island of the Day Before, Baudolino, The Mysterious Flame of Queen Loana, The Prague Cemetery and Numero Zero along with many brilliant collections of essays.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Mariner Books
• Date d'édition: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0156030438
• ISBN 13: 9780156030434
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 480