The Mysterious Flame of Queen Loana (2-Volume Set)
Author: Umberto Eco
Translator: Se-uk Lee
Publisher: Yeollinchaekdeul
Hardcover | 2-volume set | 195*130mm
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About This Book
Yambo, a sixty-ish rare book dealer in Milan, has suffered a loss of
memory-- he can remember the plot of every book he has ever read, every
line of poetry, but he no longer knows his own name, doesn't recognize
his wife or his daughters, and remembers nothing about his parents or
his childhood. In an effort to retrieve his past, he withdraws to the
family home somewhere in the hills between Milan and Turin. There, in
the sprawling attic, he searches through boxes of old newspapers,
comics, records, photo albums, and adolescent diaries. And so Yambo
relives the story of his generation: Mussolini, Catholic education and
guilt, Josephine Baker, Flash Gordon, Fred Astaire. His memories run
wild, and the life racing before his eyes takes the form of a graphic
novel. Yambo struggles through the frames to capture one simple,
innocent image: that of his first love.
A fascinating, abundant new novel--wide-ranging, nostalgic, funny, full
of heart--from the incomparable Eco.
"Brilliantly written and gorgeously illustrated . . . As we accompany
Yambo on his trail of self-discovery, we see Umberto Eco, one of the
great minds of our era, reveal a little of his heart." --Chicago
Sun-Times
"Eco . . . leaves the reader charmed . . . [His] latest feat of
imagination burns with humane intelligence." --Philadelphia Inquirer
"Eco continues to write some of the most timeless and consistently
engaging fiction out there." --Miami Herald
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