Silk
Silk When an epidemic threatens to wipe out the silk trade in France, Herve Joncour 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...
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Silk When an epidemic threatens to wipe out the silk trade in France, Herve Joncour 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. Full description
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781841958354 (1841958352)
ASIN: 1841958352
Publish date: 2006
Publisher: Canongate Publishing
Pages no: 148
Edition language: English
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Every word of this 91 page novel is so carefully thought out. Beautifully written and infinitely sad, it is reminiscent of a folk tale or fable, and like any good fable, it ends justly. I would like to explore other works by this Italian author.
Quando penso a come descrivere i libri di Baricco mi vengono in mente le piume bianche, leggere e impalpabili, il rumore struggente del mare, un volo d’uccello nel cielo blu, la morbidezza e il calore del velluto, una lacrima solitaria che scivola sulla guancia, la freschezza e l’odore della pioggia...
The edition I have doesn't have the movie-tie in artwork. This novella has such beautiful, sparse writing but each word helps to bring the environment to life. I felt like I could feel all the silks, plants, the snowy air, everything. Funny too, I was a few pages in the book before I realized I had ...
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