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It is a detailed world of an italian man relearning his boyhood of around the time of world war ii, when he was exposed to all popular literature and music of the time as well as some lesser known productions. We are each the star of our own story, and sometimes, umberto eco suggests, the tenor. All wcpl locations are closed until further notice. Neuroscience has become to contemporary novelists what psychoanalysis was to a previous generation the cutting. The mysterious flame of queen loana 2005 edition open library donate. Jun 12, 2005 the mysterious flame of queen loana borrows its name from a picture book whose luscious heroine bodoni rediscovers suspended in an incredibly slipshod narrative that lacks both charm and. Internationally bestselling author umberto eco is a master stylist whose books, including baudolino, have been savored by millions around the world. Librarything is a cataloging and social networking site for booklovers.
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When book dealer yambo suffers amnesia, his only remaining memories are books, poems, songs, and movies. Sixtyish book dealer giambattista yambo bodoni awakens in a milan hospital after a heart attack that has erased all memory of his own life while leaving every scrap of every book, comic strip, pop song, movie and the like he has ever experienced perfectly intact. Internationally bestselling author umberto eco is a master stylist whose books, including the name of the rose and baudolino, have been savored by millions around the world. As we accompany yambo on his trail of selfdiscovery, we see umberto eco, one of the great minds of our era, reveal a little of his heart.
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The premise of umberto ecos the mysterious flame of queen loana, may strike some readers as laughably unpromising, and others as breathtakingly rich. It should be no surprise that ecos protagonist in the mysterious flame of queen loana is a man made of. Hes retained a headful of high and low culture, but his life history eludes him. About the book the mysterious flame of queen loana. The title is taken from the title of an italian edition album of an episode of the american comic strip tim tylers luck.
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