Books Tell You Why, Inc.

An attractive first American edition, first printing in As New condition in alike dust-jacket.

Eco's account of a European world in turmoil between 1885 and 1905, a novel in which all the characters except one really existed, main character, half-Italian, half-French Simone Simonini. Even the hero’s grandfather, the author of a mysterious actual letter that triggered modern anti-semitism, is historical. Translated from the Italian by Richard Dixon; 8vo; [xii], 444, [8] pages.

Price: $30.94