# Island of the Day Before

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- Authors: [Umberto Eco](https://www.bookquiver.com/umberto-eco)
- Language: en_GB
- Published: 1996-10-07
- Genres: Modern and contemporary fiction: literary and general, Historical adventure fiction, Historical fiction, Fiction in translation

## Description

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...

## Editions

### Island of the Day Before

- Publisher: vintage_digital
- Translated by: William Weaver
- Medium: ebook
- ISBN: 978-14-4818-220-6
- Published: 2014-08-29
- Language: en_GB

### Island of the Day Before

- Publisher: Vintage
- Translated by: William Weaver
- ISBN: 978-07-4939-666-4
- Pages: 528
- Published: 1996-10-07
- Language: en_GB

## This book in other languages

- [Ostrov včerejšího dne](https://www.bookquiver.com/umberto-eco/cs/ostrov-vcerejsiho-dne) (cs_CZ)
- [Die Insel des vorigen Tages](https://www.bookquiver.com/umberto-eco/de/die-insel-des-vorigen-tages) (de_DE)
- [La isla del día de antes](https://www.bookquiver.com/umberto-eco/es/la-isla-del-dia-de-antes) (es_ES)
- [L'île du jour d'avant](https://www.bookquiver.com/umberto-eco/fr/lile-du-jour-davant) (fr_FR)
- [L' isola del giorno prima](https://www.bookquiver.com/umberto-eco/it/l-isola-del-giorno-prima) (it_IT)
- [Wyspa dnia poprzedniego](https://www.bookquiver.com/umberto-eco/pl/wyspa-dnia-poprzedniego) (pl_PL)
- [A Ilha do Dia Antes](https://www.bookquiver.com/umberto-eco/pt/a-ilha-do-dia-antes) (pt_PT)
- [Острів напередодні](https://www.bookquiver.com/umberto-eko/uk/ostriv-naperedodni) (uk_UA)