The Island of the Day Before(1994)

William WeaverUmberto Eco

The year is 1643 roberto, a young nobleman, survives war, the bastille, exile and shipwreck as he voyages to a pacific island straddling the date meridian there he waits now, alone on the mysteriously deserted daphne, separated by treacherous reefs from the island the island of the day before if he could reach it, time - and his misfortunes - might be reversed but first he must learn to swim