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The Mysterious Flame Of Queen Loana  - 1st US Edition/1st Printing

The Mysterious Flame Of Queen Loana - 1st US Edition/1st Printing

The Mysterious Flame Of Queen Loana  - 1st US Edition/1st Printing

The Mysterious Flame Of Queen Loana - 1st US Edition/1st Printing

by Eco, Umberto

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ISBN 10
0151011400
ISBN 13
9780151011407
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Orlando: Harcourt, Inc.. Fine+ in Fine+ dust jacket. 2005. 1st US Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0151011400 . A most handsome first English language edition, first printing (published three days before the UK edition but after the original Italian edition) in Very Fine condition in alike dustjacket. SIGNED by author Umberto Eco directly on the half-title page. Contursi A053e; Yambo, a rare-book dealer in Milan, suffered a loss of memory. While he can remember the plot of every book he has ever read, 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 searches through boxes of old newspapers, comics, records, photo albums, and adolescent diaries to relive the story of his generation: Mussolini, Josephine Baker, Flash Gordon, Fred Astaire; 8vo; [vi], 469, [5] pages; Signed by Author .

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Yambo, a sixtyish rare-book dealer who lives 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.

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Title
The Mysterious Flame Of Queen Loana - 1st US Edition/1st Printing
Author
Eco, Umberto
Format/Binding
Hardcover
Book Condition
Used - Fine+ in Fine+ dust jacket
Edition
1st US Edition; First Printing
ISBN 10
0151011400
ISBN 13
9780151011407
Publisher
Harcourt, Inc.
Place of Publication
Orlando
Date Published
2005
Keywords
Collectible Rare Out-Of-Print
Bookseller catalogs
Legendary Authors / Eco, Umberto; Fiction / Historical Fiction;

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