# Island of the Day Before

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- Book: [Island of the Day Before](https://www.bookquiver.com/umberto-eco/island-of-the-day-before) ([Island of the Day Before.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/umberto-eco/island-of-the-day-before.md))
- Authors: [Umberto Eco](https://www.bookquiver.com/umberto-eco)
- Publisher: Vintage
- Translated by: William Weaver
- ISBN: 978-07-4939-666-4
- Pages: 528
- Published: 1996-10-07
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Softcover

## 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...