The Mysterious Flame of Queen Loana by Umberto Eco village studies Susan Compo

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The Mysterious Flame of Queen Loana by Umberto Eco village studies Susan CompoYambo, a sixtyish rare book dealer 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 searches through boxes of old newspapers, comics, records, photo albums, and adolescent diaries. And so Yambo relives the