The Island of the Day Before

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  • Title: The Island of the Day Before
  • Author: Umberto Eco
  • ISBN: 9780156030373
  • Page: 154
  • Format: Paperback

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The Island of the Day Before

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  1. Umberto Eco was an Italian writer of fiction, essays, academic texts, and children s books, and certainly one of the finest authors of the twentieth century A professor of semiotics at the University of Bologna, Eco s brilliant fiction is known for its playful use of language and symbols, its astonishing array of allusions and references, and clever use of puzzles and narrative inventions His perceptive essays on modern culture are filled with a delightful sense of humor and irony, and his ideas on semiotics, interpretation, and aesthetics have established his reputation as one of academia s foremost thinkers.

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  1. I can t count the times I ve tried to write a review of an Eco book, whether physically or in my head, then decided to drop it Where does one start How does one review a product of an intellect such as Eco s, a scholar in semiotics, history and god knows what else Many reviews I ve read here on The Island Of The Day Before are just plain moronic outbursts of frustration because someone expected to grasp the contexts and countless themes it covers as easily as an airport bestseller I have a theor [...]

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  2. Eco We have a limit, a very discouraging, humiliating limit death That s why we like all the things that we assume have no limits and, therefore, no end It s a way of escaping thoughts about death We like lists because we don t want to die.Interview in Der Spiegel, November 11, 2009 UPDATE thank you EcoUmberto Eco, 84, Best Selling Academic Who Navigated Two Worlds, DiesBy JONATHAN KANDELLFEB 19, 2016in nytimes 2016 02 20 artStultus Whom do I talk to Miserable you are What do I try I tell about [...]

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  5. was enthralled by The Name of the Rose as a work of historical fiction loved reading Focault s Pendulum anyone who enjoyed reading The DaVini Code should read this to experience a real historical religious thriller.The Island of the Day Before this book inspired me to swear never to read a book written by Umberto Eco again why i had not made it all the way through Chapter 1 when i encountered the following sentence It is only later that he will assume, in dreams, that the plank, by some mer cifu [...]

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  7. Hayat m boyunca okudu um en dolu, en edeb , en zekice be kitaptan biri nceki G n n Adas Umberto Eco nun yazarl k ser venindeki geli imi a s ndan da m thi bir s rama Biz G l n Ad nda edebiyat bilen ok zeki bir tarih inin roman n okumu tuk Foucault Sarkac nda Belbo nun bask n olarak Proust ve Joyce etkisindeki yaz dosyalar yla Eco nun edeb bi imsel denemelerini tarihle birle tirdi ini, edebiyat n ok daha oyunlu hale getirdi ini okumu tuk Ama yine de bu da bir tarih inin roman gibi duruyordu Bu k t [...]

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  8. Usually, I have one of three reactions to a book I love it and plow through it, I hate it and put it down within 50 pages, or I like it and take my time, possibly reading other books simultaneously This one oy Because ofThe Name of the Rose, I kept expecting it to be good or, accurately, to get better I waited 100 pages Then 200 pages Then 300 pages Finally, I threw it across the room in frustration at 350 pages I m still bitter.

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  9. I have no clear idea why people don t like this book, because I do really think that is one of the most luminous Eco s novels The form of The Island of the Day Before 1994 could seem very simple, but it is not true As often for Eco s literal strategy he tries to mask a various citations, allusions and parallels with cultural and historical basis Every novel looks like intertextual garland of signs and senses which are masterly contained into historical or philosophical fiction, detective or thri [...]

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  11. I surmise Umberto Eco envisaged The Island of the Day Before as an antithesis of Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe instead of a man surviving on a deserted island he portrayed his character secluded on a deserted ship and immersed him into all kinds of abstract cerebral musings But this somewhat artificial idea could only have somewhat artificial realization so the novel right from the start turned into elaborate exercises in style and erudition Now I would say that harking back, on the ship, to t [...]

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  12. Readers expect Umberto Eco to take them on a stimulating journey of discovery as his characters unravel mysteries that take them to the heart of early Western civilisation In The Name of the Rose and Foucault s Pendulum this style worked brilliantly In the The Island of the Day Before it fails catastrophically.Eco spends hundreds of pages wallowing in his arcane knowledge, resorting to ever desperate ploys to show off his learning, because this book has no plot to draw out those intellectual di [...]

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  14. I really hated this book I choked through it due to the sheer fortitude engendered by my unreasonable need to finish every book that I start Every Single Book Had I been able to dismiss it, I would have A friend once told me that I should read Eco s essays, and that his fiction was an attempt to destroy overly used literary devices of current literature by gluttonously indulging in them I ve never actually bothered to look into whether or not it was true because, truthfully, it s the myth I need [...]

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  15. Definitely my favorite Eco book Got to give Annie props for recommending this one to me Who knew that longitude could be such an interesting ontological motif

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  16. I was recommended to read Umberto Eco by a friend of mine, and I was not disappointed at all.Eco s style is a bit dense, so I can imagine it would not appeal to a lot of people However, it s also extremely lyrical and beautiful The book itself is littered with debates on life and death, love, the nature of God and time itself This is probably the book s greatest strength, as Eco writes so beautifully about such lofty ideals So for anyone who s a fan of debating or philosophy would probably enjoy [...]

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  17. I read this one in the late 90s, bought a copy for my best friend shortly thereafter I saw Ray Rizzo with a copy one evening at Ramsi s, I told him I enjoyed it and replied that he was eager for the challenge He later played with Days of the New Oh, those 90s It was all optimism and challenges were there Hubris was our cocktail Our survival surprises me when I consider such I should reread this ribald novel quite soon.

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  21. I originally read this when it first came out, but have just completed a reread.It might be described as the ultimate shaggy dog story Eco explores language to a large extent in this book with phrases that include multiple variations on a common stem, such as it was necessary that the necessities were provided or his intention was to intend on inattention That kind of thing anyway.His protagonist is stranded on a ship somewhere near the 180th meridian and writes of his past life, loves and fanta [...]

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  23. I really wanted to like this book While I m not a big fan of Eco s books, I somehow seem to collect them, nonetheless The premise wowed me, the cover art is righteousd yet And yet The main character drove me crazy, Hamlet style He reminded me of the fear mongers who work 9 5 jobs, but never leave their unhappy jobs and go through life blaming others It s like driving in the slow lane, even though all the other lanes are empty, and then getting unhappy because the slow lane is bumper to bumper Do [...]

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  24. This book fits the pattern I ve come to expect in Umberto Eco s writing an excellent story lost in a haze of random thoughts, obscure references, and all together too many words I would love it if someone took this book s concept and turned it into the brilliant book that it deserves to be.

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  25. Libro complessissimo, di oscura meccanica e poetica uscito forse prima che un commando di editor se ne occupasse Il fegato di andare a riveder le bozze di chi aspira ad essere recensito dall Aquinate o da un par suo non ce l ha nessuno tranne forse Calasso ma Eco pubblica per tradizione da Bompiani Cosa c Nel famosissimo nome della rosa, c erano livelli di lettura ben separati e chiara distinzione fra la vicenda e gli extratesti e paratesti per non dire delle eventuali filosofie e cosmologie int [...]

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  26. Roberto della Griva abandons his sinking ship only to wash up aboard the mysteriously abandoned Dutch ship, Daphne Within sight is the island of the day before, and if he could only swim, he could reach it, and change the direction of his fate.Island of the Day Before has a deceptively simple premise, but goes way beyond it There are actually a LOT of things going on in this book The book not only chronicles Roberto s days on board the Daphne, but also most of his life from his first battle to h [...]

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  27. Bust out the champagne I finished this book and my head didn t crack It is one of the most amazing, yet difficult, books I ve ever read The story presents itself on multiple levels narrative, metaphoric, historical, imaginative, etc I d give it five stars if it wasn t for the convoluted writing style, which made me want to give up numerous times I forged ahead because the question of what s on the island kept nagging me.I loved the historical portrait of this period, when people were evolving to [...]

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  29. it was very long, and I did not enjoy it Which is odd, honestly, because I loved Eco s Foucault s Pendulum one of my favorite books This one was a whole lot like, well, slogging through 500 pages written by a Semiotics professor.The plot is kind of fantastic, though A man gets shipwrecked, latches onto a raft, and then washes up onto an abandoned ship He can t swim, so now he s shipwrecked on a ship this ship, of course, is riddled with secrets.And then, lecturing ensues It s all about Renaissa [...]

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  30. This is, by far, the most difficult novel I ve ever read I have never taken so long to finish a novel ever I studied the history of science and the history of early modern Europe in college and recently refreshed my memory of both and I m pretty sure I caught maybe 20% of the scientific and philosophical references At best As a means of putting the reader in the mindset of an early 17th century European, it s amazing Flat out brilliant As a novel, it s slow, frustrating, and unsatisfying.It s ki [...]

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