Silk (Paperback)
Baricco, Alessandro (Author)
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The French silk trade is threatened by an epidemic and Hervé Joncour travels to 1860s Japan to attempt to obtain clean eggs. He falls in love with a non-Japanese concubine but the affair is carried out secretively and provides a most delicate ending.
Reviews
Mesmerising and starkly beautifulObserverA heart-breaking love story told in the form of a classic fable . . . A stylistic tour de force, a literary gem of bewitching powerSunday TimesDeeply moving . . . A delicately crafted love story and an anatomy of desireGuardianAn intensely powerful and perceptive drama of the deep...
ISBN (SKU)
9781786896421
Pages
160
Weight
117g
Dimensions
198x129x9.8
Imprint
Canongate
Published
31, July, 2019
Genres
Fiction
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