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The Mysterious Flame of Queen Loana (Unabridged) Audiobook, by Umberto Eco Play Audiobook Sample

The Mysterious Flame of Queen Loana Audiobook (Unabridged)

By: Umberto Eco
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Read By: George Guidall Publisher: Recorded Books Listen Time: at 1.0x Speed 9.83 hours at 1.5x Speed 7.38 hours at 2.0x Speed Release Date: July 2005 Format: Unabridged Audiobook ISBN:
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Internationally best-selling author Umberto Eco is a master stylist whose books, including The Name of the Rose and Baudolino, have been savored by millions around the world. Now, with The Mysterious Flame of Queen Loana, Eco crafts another of the ambitious and breathtaking novels that are his trademark.

When book dealer Yambo suffers amnesia, he loses all sense of who he is, but retains memories of all the books, poems, songs, and movies he has ever experienced. To reclaim his identity, he retreats to the family home and rummages through old letters, photographs, and mementos stored in the attic. Yambo's mind swirls with thoughts, and he struggles to retrieve the one memory that may be most sacred, that of Lila Saba, his first love.

Steeped in nostalgia and filled with vivid, sometimes wondrous imagery, The Mysterious Flame of Queen Loana is a magnificent addition to Eco's literary legacy.

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"Not as "huge" as some other Eco books, but it's always great to read something ambitious by a smart author. Explorations of perception and memory score points for me, too... I kept puting this one down for some reason, so it stayed on my shelf for a while, but I enjoyed it."

— Dan (4 out of 5 stars)

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  • Overall Performance: 2 out of 52 out of 52 out of 52 out of 52 out of 5

    " Umberto Eco longe dos seus melhores momentos, mas um bom livro, mesmo assim. "

    — Thiago, 2/14/2014
  • Overall Performance: 4 out of 54 out of 54 out of 54 out of 54 out of 5

    " It has an interesting point of view about what momories are, how we see them, how the main character recretes them. "

    — Jesus, 2/14/2014
  • Overall Performance: 4 out of 54 out of 54 out of 54 out of 54 out of 5

    " I got this as an audio book - found it be quite captivating. Set in Italy, the descriptions of live then are delightful. The plot concerns a man who loses his memory, and goes on a voyage of rediscovery. "

    — Ray, 2/12/2014
  • Overall Performance: 2 out of 52 out of 52 out of 52 out of 52 out of 5

    " I arrived at p. 310 (some years ago) and finished it today. Surprisingly, this novel's not a page-turner to me compared to his "Baudolino" or "The Name of the Rose". One of the reasons is that the plot is in the past generation as well as its translated version a bit wordy. The good point is that the whole text's illustrated with oldish ads, photos, cartoons, etc. in black and white and in colour we've rarely seen some 60 years ago. "

    — umberto, 1/22/2014
  • Overall Performance: 3 out of 53 out of 53 out of 53 out of 53 out of 5

    " First Eco novel I haven't loved - a little thin on plot. "

    — Jeff, 1/20/2014
  • Overall Performance: 2 out of 52 out of 52 out of 52 out of 52 out of 5

    " not my favorite book by Eco, i believe you have to be very italian to fully grasp the feeling he emits with his quotes on 40's and 50's memorabilia "

    — Alfredo, 12/25/2013
  • Overall Performance: 2 out of 52 out of 52 out of 52 out of 52 out of 5

    " A few fascinating chapters sprinkled throughout, but overall a headache-inducing, frustratingly circular, and elusive if not almost pointless torrent of words. "

    — Dimitra, 12/13/2013
  • Overall Performance: 3 out of 53 out of 53 out of 53 out of 53 out of 5

    " I love Eco, but this book kind of dragged on. "

    — Stacy, 10/22/2013
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    " meh. It was GREAT, until the final pages. "

    — Rafael, 8/8/2013
  • Overall Performance: 2 out of 52 out of 52 out of 52 out of 52 out of 5

    " I listened to the audio book. The good part was the description of a young boy living in a small town in Italy during WWII. "

    — Ange, 8/1/2013
  • Overall Performance: 2 out of 52 out of 52 out of 52 out of 52 out of 5

    " Eh, a great start-- a antiquarian loses his memory as has to piece together his life through his childhood books -- ended in a confusing and less interesting plot trek. I enjoyed the first 280 pages, afterwards... Eh. "

    — Garth, 6/28/2012
  • Overall Performance: 3 out of 53 out of 53 out of 53 out of 53 out of 5

    " Fun & fascinating, yet too list-driven. Not finished but expect one day I will go back to it. "

    — Stellannette, 6/1/2012
  • Overall Performance: 4 out of 54 out of 54 out of 54 out of 54 out of 5

    " Nonostante le opinioni contrastanti riguardo a questo libro, io lo ritengo comunque un capolavoro "

    — Saverio, 2/12/2012
  • Overall Performance: 3 out of 53 out of 53 out of 53 out of 53 out of 5

    " Not Eco's best but still a fun read. "

    — Adrian, 9/12/2011
  • Overall Performance: 3 out of 53 out of 53 out of 53 out of 53 out of 5

    " Between 2 and 3 - hard to get into it "

    — Lyv, 4/23/2011
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    " Not a bad book, but I didnt like the way the book ended to tell you the truth. "

    — Ceanne, 4/19/2011
  • Overall Performance: 2 out of 52 out of 52 out of 52 out of 52 out of 5

    " Too sophisticated for me, I got lost on all the literature references and it took away half of the fun from the reading. "

    — Elina, 4/11/2011
  • Overall Performance: 3 out of 53 out of 53 out of 53 out of 53 out of 5

    " I use this book for muscle exercising to make my bust better "

    — Gala_eva, 4/7/2011
  • Overall Performance: 4 out of 54 out of 54 out of 54 out of 54 out of 5

    " a little too heavy on the history (second world war), but interesting "

    — Denise, 3/16/2011

About Umberto Eco

Umberto Eco (1932–2016) was an Italian novelist, literary critic, philosopher, semiotician, and university professor. He is best known internationally for his novel The Name of the Rose, a historical mystery combining semiotics in fiction with biblical analysis, medieval studies, and literary theory. He later wrote other novels, including Foucault’s Pendulum, The Island of the Day Before, and The Prague Cemetery. He also wrote academic texts, children’s books, and essays. He was the founder of the department of media studies at the University of the Republic of San Marino, president of the graduate school for the study of the humanities at the University of Bologna, member of the Accademia dei Lincei, and an honorary fellow of Kellogg College, Oxford. He was A co-honoree of the Kenyon Review Award for Literary Achievement in 2005.

About George Guidall

George Guidall, winner of more than eighty AudioFile Earphones Awards, has won three of the prestigious Audie Award for Excellence in Audiobook Narration. In 2014 the Audio Publishers Association presented him with the Special Achievement Award for lifetime achievement/ During his thirty-year recording career he has recorded over 1,700 audiobooks, won multiple awards, been a mentor to many narrators, and shown by example the potential of fine storytelling. His forty-year acting career includes starring roles on Broadway, an Obie Award for best performance off Broadway, and frequent television appearances.