The year is 1643. Roberto, a young nobleman, survives war, the Bastille, exile and shipwreck as he voyages to a Pacific island straddling the date meridian. There he waits now, alone on the mysteriously deserted Daphne, separated by treacherous reefs from the island beyond: the island of the day before. If he could reach it, time - and his misfortunes - might be reversed. But first he must learn to swim...
| ISBN: | 9780749396664 |
| Publication date: | 7th October 1996 |
| Author: | Umberto Eco |
| Publisher: | Vintage an imprint of Random House |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 515 pages |
| Genres: |
Historical adventure fiction Modern and Contemporary Fiction Narrative theme: Death, grief, loss Narrative theme: Displacement, exile, migration Fiction in translation Historical Fiction |