Silk
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- Synopsis
- France, 1861. When an epidemic threatens to wipe out the silk trade in France, Hervi 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 obscure messages. How their secret affair develops is told in this remarkable love story. As haunting as a strain of passionate music, Silkis an enchantment, an exquisite narrative and stylistic tour de force.
- Copyright:
- 1997
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- ISBN-13:
- 9780307490957
- Related ISBNs:
- 9781921145483, 9780375703829, 9780307277978, 9781860463662, 9780099448839, 9781841958354, 9781841959528
- Publisher:
- Vintage International Vintage Books A Division of Random House, Inc.
- Date of Addition:
- 12/25/10
- Copyrighted By:
- Alessandro Baricco
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Literature and Fiction
- Submitted By:
- Bookshare Staff
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.