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Fiction, General Fiction

Silk

Alessandro Baricco (author), Ann Goldstein (translator)

Paperback Published on: 01/08/2019; Language: English, Italian (Original language of a translated text)

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Synopsis

In 1861 French silkworm merchant Hervé Joncour travels to Japan, where he encounters the mysterious Hara Kei. He develops a painful longing for Kei's beautiful concubine - but they cannot touch; they don't even speak. And he cannot read the note she sends him until he has returned to his own country. But the moment he does, Joncour is enslaved.

Subtle, tender and surprising, Silk is an evocative tale of erotic possession.

Publisher information

Publisher: Canongate Books
ISBN: 9781786896421
Number of pages: 160
Dimensions: 198 x 129 x 10 mm
Weight: 134g
Languages: English, Italian (Original language of a translated text)

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Mind Blowing

There's no review that I think can do this book justice. It's an all incompassing love story that delves so deeply into the human spirit and the things we'... READ MORE