LoginThe Mysterious Flame of Queen Loana
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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 gui
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Manufacturer: Harcourt
Release date: 3 June 2005
ISBN-10 : 0151011400 | ISBN-13: 9780151011407
Release date: 3 June 2005
ISBN-10 : 0151011400 | ISBN-13: 9780151011407
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