Clearly, any tale of shipwreck and isolation in the Western tradition calls to mind such precedents as Homer's The Odyssey (1050-850 B.C) and Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe (1719). Eco knows that, and he pays several tributes to earlier works, most obviously in the mysterious footprint Roberto spots on the Daphne before he has met Caspar Wanderdrossel face to face.
With its resident menagerie, the ship.....
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