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Complete summary of umberto ecos the mysterious flame of queen loana. The mysterious flame of queen loana eco, umberto brock. A sixtyish milanese antiquarian bookseller nicknamed yambo suffers a stroke and loses his memory of everything but the words he has read. Like they say that a cat, if it falls from a window and hits its nose, can lose its sense of smell and then, because cats live by. The mysterious flame of queen loana by umberto eco, translated by geoffrey brock harcourt, 469 pp. Island of the day before baudolino the mysterious flame of queen loana the prague cemetery.
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