L'isola del giorno prima

The Island of the Day Before

Author

Umberto Eco

Language

Italian

Year

1994

Country

Italy

Genre

Novel

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The Island of the Day Before is a 1994 historical fiction novel by Umberto Eco set in the 17th century during the historical search for the secret of longitude. The central character is Roberto della Griva, an Italian nobleman stranded on a deserted ship in the Pacific Ocean, and his slowly decaying mental state, in a backdrop of Baroque-era science, metaphysics, and cosmology.