Umberto Eco’s postmodern novel, "The Island of the Day Before" (1994), appeared after his celebrated novels "The Name of the Rose" and "Foucault’s Pendulum" and, too, became a literary sensation. It is a game-like novel written in the style of baroque prose filled with quotations, references, allusions, and “weaving of words.” The story unfolds in the 17th century. A young nobleman, Robert de la Grive, wrecked at sea, ends up on an uninhabited ship, where he falls into memories of his childhood and youth, his life in Paris, writes a novel, and dreams of his beloved. The unusual, eccentric narration unfolds on several planes at once; it draws the reader by combining vivid imagery with intellectual напряженность, simplicity and complexity.