Silk — Alessandro Baricco
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Silk — Alessandro Baricco
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Author: Alessandro Baricco
Publisher: The Harvill Press
Format: Paperback
Edition: 1998 paperback edition
ISBN: 9781860463662
Condition: Good second-hand condition. The book shows light shelf wear, minor edge and corner wear, and some general handling marks to the cover. Pages appear clean and intact. Please see photos for the exact copy available.
Silk is a brief, lyrical novel set in France in 1861, following Hervé Joncour, a silk breeder who travels across the world to Japan after disease threatens the European silkworm trade. There, in a country still closed to foreigners, he becomes silently captivated by the concubine of his Japanese host.