The island of the day before / Umberto Eco ; translated from the Italian by William Weaver.
By: Eco, Umberto.
Contributor(s): Weaver, William.
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BookPublisher: New York : Harcourt Brace & Co., c1995Edition: 1st U.S. ed.Description: 515 p. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 0151001510.Uniform titles: Isola del giorno prima. English Subject(s): Shipwrecks -- Fiction | Navigation -- Fiction | Shipwrecks -- Fiction | Navigation -- FictionDDC classification: 853/.914 Summary: Seventeenth-century sailor Roberto della Griva, shipwrecked in the the South Pacific, takes refuge aboard a ship he believes to be abandoned, but is really inhabited by the brilliant Father Caspar, a man who has unlocked the secrets of navigation--a discovery destined to change the world.
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Seventeenth-century sailor Roberto della Griva, shipwrecked in the the South Pacific, takes refuge aboard a ship he believes to be abandoned, but is really inhabited by the brilliant Father Caspar, a man who has unlocked the secrets of navigation--a discovery destined to change the world.
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