Mysterious Flame of Queen Loana - Brossura

Eco, Umberto

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0156030438 ISBN 13: 9780156030434

Casa editrice: Mariner Books, 2006

Riassunto

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.

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Recensione:

PRAISE FOR THE MYSTERIOUS FLAME OF QUEEN LOANA

"An insidiously witty and provocative story."--Los Angeles Times

"Brilliantly written and gorgeously illustrated . . . As we accompany Yambo on his trail of self-discovery, we see Umberto Eco, one of the great minds of our era, reveal a little of his heart."--Chicago Sun-Times

L'autore:

Umberto Eco is a professor of semiotics at the University of Bologna and the bestselling author of numerous novels and essays. He lives in Milan.


Umberto Eco is a professor of semiotics at the University of Bologna and the bestselling author of numerous novels and essays. He lives in Milan.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Mariner Books
• Data di pubblicazione: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0156030438
• ISBN 13: 9780156030434
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 469