A01=Umberto Eco
Author_Umberto Eco
Category=FBA
contemporary fiction
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italian history
latex fiction
literary fiction
memory loss
pictures of italy
relationships
the name of the rose
venice fiction
ww2
wwii
Product details
- ISBN 9780099481379
- Weight: 382g
- Dimensions: 129 x 198mm
- Publication Date: 01 Jun 2006
- Publisher: Vintage Publishing
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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In this fascinating, abundant new novel from the incomparable Eco, Yambo, a rare-book dealer, has suffered a bizarre form of memory loss. He can remember every book he ever read but nothing about his own life.
In an effort to retrieve his past, he withdraws into his old family home and searches through boxes of old newspapers, comics, records, photo albums and diaries kept in the attic. And so Yambo relives his youth: Mussolini, Catholic education, Josephine Baker, Flash Gordon, Fred Astaire. His memories run wild, and life racing before his eyes takes the form of a graphic novel. Yambo struggles through the flames to capture one simple, innocent image, that of his first love.
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.
