The Island of the Day Before
In 1643 a castaway comes upon an abandoned ship anchored off a desert island. As he explores the vessel’s mysterious cargo, he revisits the events of his tempestuous youth-and limns his era’s obsession with science and navigation. Translated by William Weaver. A Helen and Kurt Wolff Book
In 1643 a castaway comes upon an abandoned ship anchored off a desert island. As he explores the vessel’s mysterious cargo, he revisits the events of his tempestuous youth-and limns his era’s obsession with science and navigation. Translated by William Weaver. A Helen and Kurt Wolff Book
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780151001514 (0151001510)
ASIN: 151001510
Publish date: November 1st 1995
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pages no: 528
Edition language: English
Category:
Fantasy,
Classics,
Novels,
Literature,
European Literature,
Historical Fiction,
Philosophy,
Magical Realism,
Italian Literature,
Fiction,
Historical
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