The Island of the Day Before

图书标准信息

• 作者 Umberto Eco 著
• 出版社 Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
• 出版时间 2006-06
• 版次 2
• ISBN 9780156030373
• 定价 130.00元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 32开
• 纸张 胶版纸
• 页数 528页
• 正文语种 英语

【内容简介】

AfteraviolentstormintheSouthPacificintheyear1643,RobertodellaGrivafindshimselfshipwrecked-onaship.SweptfromtheAmaryllis,hehasmanagedtopullhimselfaboardtheDaphne,anchoredinthebayofabeautifulisland.Theshipisfullyprovisioned,hediscovers,butthecrewismissing.AsRobertoexploresthedifferentcabinetsinthehold,herememberschaptersfromhisyouth:Ferrante,hisimaginaryevilbrother;thesiegeofCasale,thatmeaninglesschessmoveintheThirtyYears'Warinwhichhelosthisfatherandhisillusions;andthelessonsgivenhimonReasonsofState,fencing,thewritingofloveletters,andblasphemy.Inthisfascinating,lyricaltale,UmbertoEcotellsofayoungdreamersearchingforloveandmeaning;andofamostamazingoldJesuitwho,withhisclocksandmaps,hasplumbedthesecretsoflongitudes,thefourmoonsofJupiter,andtheFlood.In1643,instill-unchartedAntipodeanwaters,Roberto,ayoungnoblemaninexile,survivesthewreckofhisshipandlandsonanothership,themysteriousanddesertedDaphne,whichisanchoredjustacrosstheDateLinefromanislandsurroundedbytreacherousreef.IfRobertocanreachtheisland,whentimeisalwaysyesterday,canhecorrecthispast?SimultaneoushardcoverreleasefromHarcourtBrace.4cassettes.

【作者简介】

UmbertoEcoisaprofessorofsemioticsattheUniversityofBolognaandthebest-sellingauthorofnumerousnovelsandessays.HelivesinItaly.

【目录】

CHAPTER 1　Daphne

CHAPTER 2　An Account of Events in the Monferrato

CHAPTER 3　The Serraglio of Wonders

CHAPTER 4　Fortification Display'd

CHAPTER 5　The Labyrinth of the World

CHAPTER 6　The Great Art of Light and Shadow

CHAPTER 7　Pavane Lachryme

CHAPTER 8　The Curious Learning of the Wits of the Day

CHAPTER 9　The Aristotelian Telescope

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