by Umberto Eco
First published 2004
When antiquarian bookseller Yambo suffers a sudden amnesia, he loses all sense of who he is. Retreating to his family's remote country home, Yambo rummages through the attic's trove of letters, photos, and mementos from his youth in 1930s Italy. As his mind swirls with recollections of the books, poems, and movies that once filled his life, Yambo struggles to uncover the one memory that may be most precious - his first love, Lila Saba. Can the clues hidden in the relics of his past help Yambo reclaim his lost identity?
Genres: literary-fiction, historical-fiction, 20th-century, adult-fiction
Vibes: atmospheric, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: found-family, lost-identity
Setting: Italy
Period: 1970-, 20th Century
469 pages · Hardcover · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt