Silk by Alessandro Baricco


ISBN
9780099448839
Published
Binding
Paperback
Pages
70
Dimensions
129 x 196mm

France, 1861. When an epidemic threatens to wipe out the silk trade in France, Herv-Joncour, a young silk breeder, has to travel overland to distant Japan, out of bounds to foreigners, to smuggle out healthy silkworms.

In the course of his secret negotiations with the local baron, Joncour's attention is arrested by the man's concubine, a girl who does not have oriental eyes. Although they are unable to exchange so much as a word, love blossoms between them, a love that is conveyed in a number of recondite messages.

How their secret affair develops is told in this remarkable love story. As haunting as a strain of passionate music, 'Silk' is an enchantment, an exquisite narrative and a stylistic tour de force.
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