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Obligatory Umberto Eco plug: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Island_of_the_Day_Before https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Island_of_the_Day_Before Hopefully Ec
by brookst 2y ago
Obligatory Umberto Eco plug: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Island_of_the_Day_Before https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Island_of_the_Day_Before
Hopefully Eco + the title is enough but if it helps IMO it’s arguably his best work. All of the stepwise logic leading to madness of Name of the Rose and Foucault’s pendulum, a somewhat less slapstick sensibility than either, without descending into dryness as his later work. Super recommended.
- LordN00b 2y agoA +1 for this recommenation. I particularly enjoyed this for how the sailor explains his situation, using the mental tools avilable to him at that period of time. I always enjoy the how author goes to great lengths to explicate a period mind set (Name of the Rose/Baudolino/Island/Focualts) so it feeds the fabric of the narrative for the reader.