This intertextuality reaches a fever pitch in The Mysterious Flame of Queen Loana (2005). The protagonist, a rare book dealer, loses his personal memory but retains his semantic memory. He attempts to reconstruct his identity using the books, comics, and songs of his childhood in 1940s Italy. The book is literally illustrated with images from Eco’s own collection, blending the graphic novel format with high literature. It is a poignant exploration of how our identities are constructed by the cultural artifacts we consume.
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