Reviews
Umberto Eco's books are always well worth the price. I consider it a blessing to have lived in the same era.
I bought the first volume and filled the space for the second volume that had been empty for a long time. Now all of Umberto Eco's novels in one place.
It is even more interesting because it feels like I’ve looked into Echo’s heart rather than her head. The illustrations, which stimulate imagination and childlike wonder, were the greatest joy.
As expected, Eco deserves five stars. This novel is a work into which Eco, having turned 76, poured out his entire literary prowess. True to his title of "Living Encyclopedia," it covers everything from classic literature to modern popular fiction and even comics... It feels like stepping into a vast literary library and rummaging through the shelves, or perhaps it is the world's most precious autobiography, created by pulling out fragments of everything he read growing up—from childhood comics
Umberto Eco: Queen Loana's Mysterious Flame (Part 2)
The second volume of *The Mysterious Flame of Queen Loana*, an illustrated novel by Umberto Eco, a world-renowned author who traverses various genres. This work, Eco's fifth novel, is structured as a combination of illustrations and fiction. Various visual materials, including montages created by Eco himself and images that seem to bring 1940s and 1950s Italy back to life, are juxtaposed with the text to create a unique effect. Yambo, an antique book expert who wakes up from a coma, suffers from a peculiar form of amnesia in which his public memories remain intact while all memories related to his personal life have vanished. He feels a "mysterious flame" ignite within his heart only when he encounters certain traces. Hoping that this flame will illuminate his memories, Yambo goes to the country house in Solara where he spent his childhood, at his wife's urging. In the attic of the country house, piled high with old objects, Yambo's time travel to restore his memories begins... This novel uniquely portrays the process of a protagonist searching for his lost memories—someone who remembers all the encyclopedic records of the world but cannot recall his own name. Eco unfolds a distinctive intellectual and literary panorama, revealing the personal history embedded in that public memory and the deep love within the heart that shines beyond it.
Korean title: 로아나 여왕의 신비한 불꽃(하)
Korean author: 움베르토 에코
Korean publisher: 열린책들
ISBN-13: 9788932908373
Reviews
Umberto Eco's books are always well worth the price. I consider it a blessing to have lived in the same era.
I bought the first volume and filled the space for the second volume that had been empty for a long time. Now all of Umberto Eco's novels in one place.
It is even more interesting because it feels like I’ve looked into Echo’s heart rather than her head. The illustrations, which stimulate imagination and childlike wonder, were the greatest joy.
As expected, Eco deserves five stars. This novel is a work into which Eco, having turned 76, poured out his entire literary prowess. True to his title of "Living Encyclopedia," it covers everything from classic literature to modern popular fiction and even comics... It feels like stepping into a vast literary library and rummaging through the shelves, or perhaps it is the world's most precious autobiography, created by pulling out fragments of everything he read growing up—from childhood comics
