The Island Of The Day Before

Warning for animal abuse!

Umberto did it again... :-)

I wouldn't mark this as magical realism, because the only magic in it is what is in reality, the beauty of the world and universe and everything.

It is a story of a young man who got shipwrecked to rescue himself on another ship without a crew but filled with natural samples, like plants and birds. Umberto toys with the idea of that on the 180th latitude, an island just 10 meters away, is still in yesterday, while we are already in tomorrow.

It is a fascinating story filled with ideas, but also an adventure story reminding me of Alexandre Dumas' stories, with spies and Richelieu.