Mysterious Flame of Queen Loana

Name: Mysterious Flame of Queen Loana
Brand: Recorded Books
Availability: InStock
Rating: 5 (1 reviews)
Author: Umberto Eco
ISBN: 9781449803513

Author: Umberto Eco

Narrator: George Guidall

Unabridged: 14 hr 52 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 03/10/2008

Categories: Fiction

Synopsis

Internationally best-selling author Umberto Eco is a master stylist whose books, including Baudolino, have been savored by millions around the world. Now, with The Mysterious Flame of Queen Loana, he crafts another ambitious and breathtaking novel. When book dealer Yambo suffers amnesia, his only remaining memories are books, poems, songs, and movies. Steeped in nostalgia and filled with vivid imagery, this work is a magnificent addition to Eco's literary legacy.

About Umberto Eco

Umberto Eco was born in 1932 in Alessandria, Italy. He is a professor of semiotics at the University of Bologna, a philosopher, historian, literary critic and aesthetician. He is the author of the international bestselling novels The Name of the Rose and The Island of the Day Before, as well as three collections of popular essays, Travels in Hyperreality, Misreadings and How to Travel with a Salmon & Other Essays. Mr. Eco lives in Milan.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Mohamed

الشعلة الخفية للملكة لوانا - أمبرتو إيكو عند القراءة لإيكو عليك أن تحضّر نفسك لأمرين؛ أولهما هو الكم الهائل من التفاصيل التي يطعّم بها الرجل رواياته، وتفاصيل إيكو تختلف تمامًا عن تفاصيل أى كاتب آخر وذلك لأنها لن تمسّك على الأرجح، ولن تتقاطع معك. الأمر الثاني هو أن هناك دائمًا لغز، وتتبع هذا اللغز هو أ......more

Goodreads review by Sara

The Mysterious Flame of Queen Loana tells of an antiquarian book dealer who has suffered a stroke and lost all memory of the people in and events of his life. At the novel's outset, the protagonist, Yambo, begins the daunting work of trying to reinsert himself into the life he has forgotten. He find......more