Silk (Movie Tie-in Edition)

By Alessandro Baricco
Translated by Ann Goldstein

By Alessandro Baricco
Translated by Ann Goldstein

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    About Silk (Movie Tie-in Edition)

    The year is 1861. Hervé Joncour is a French merchant of silkworms, who combs the known world for their gemlike eggs. Then circumstances compel him to travel farther, beyond the edge of the known, to a country legendary for the quality of its silk and its hostility to foreigners: Japan.There Joncour meets a woman. They do not touch; they do not even speak. And he cannot read the note she sends him until he has returned to his own country. But in the moment he does, Joncour is possessed.

    About Silk (Movie Tie-in Edition)

    The year is 1861. Hervé Joncour is a French merchant of silkworms, who combs the known world for their gemlike eggs. Then circumstances compel him to travel farther, beyond the edge of the known, to a country legendary for the quality of its silk and its hostility to foreigners: Japan.There Joncour meets a woman. They do not touch; they do not even speak. And he cannot read the note she sends him until he has returned to his own country. But in the moment he does, Joncour is possessed.

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    “Silk has the brilliant colors . . . and the enchantment of a miniature. . . . Vividly erotic.” —Newsday“A riveting, lyrical love story, an accomplished historical fiction, a compact, condensed . . . epic about human hearts in crisis.” –Alan Cheuse, All Things Considered“A book with language to savor. . . . It seems as guileless as a folk tale but propels a reader with real force.” —Denver Post“A heart-breaking love story. . . A stylistic tour de force [and] a literary gem of bewitching power.” —The Sunday Times

    About Alessandro Baricco

    Alessandro Baricco was born in Turin in 1958 and still makes his home there. The author of four previous novels, he has won the Prix Médicis Étranger in France and the Selezione Campiello, Viareggio, and Palazzo al Bosco prizes in… More about Alessandro Baricco

    About Alessandro Baricco

    Alessandro Baricco was born in Turin in 1958 and still makes his home there. The author of four previous novels, he has won the Prix Médicis Étranger in France and the Selezione Campiello, Viareggio, and Palazzo al Bosco prizes in… More about Alessandro Baricco

    Product Details

    Paperback
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    Aug 28, 2007 | 144 Pages | 5-3/16 x 8 | ISBN 9780307277978

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    Dec 10, 2008 | 144 Pages | ISBN 9780307490957

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