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Silk

(Vintage International)

By Alessandro Baricco

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| Paperback | 9780375703829

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This startling, sensual, hypnotically compelling novel tells a story of adventure, sexual enthrallment, and a love so powerful that it unhinges a man's life. In 1861 French silkworm merchant Hervé Joncour is compelled to travel to Japan, where, in the court of an enigmatic nobleman, he meets a Continue

This startling, sensual, hypnotically compelling novel tells a story of adventure, sexual enthrallment, and a love so powerful that it unhinges a man's life. In 1861 French silkworm merchant Hervé Joncour is compelled to travel to Japan, where, in the court of an enigmatic nobleman, he meets a woman. They do not touch; they do not even speak. And he cannot read the note she sends him until he has returned to his country. But in the moment he does, Joncour is possessed. The same spell will envelop anyone who reads Silk, a work that has the compression of a fable, the evocative detail of the greatest historical fiction, and the devastating erotic force of a dream.

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  • 'Silk' by Alessandro Baricco

    This powerful and erotic tale reveals how one's man desire threatens to ruin his life. It is 1861 and Hervé Joncour is a silk breeder from France who is happily married to the beautiful Helene. Compelled to travel illegally to Japan alone in search o ... (read full critics)

    readingmatters published on Mon, 27 Sep 2010

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  • 2 people find this helpful

    An absolutely beautifully written little book. A meaningful and moving story in around 65 pages. Anyone can read this and then discover why a well written novel can be small and powerful.

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    Icedream said on Nov 2, 2007 | Add your feedback

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    This one didn't do much for me. Beautiful imagery. Incomprehensible characters. Meh.

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    Neighbors said on Jan 27, 2008 | Add your feedback

  • Silk - Alessandro Baricco

    I liked this style: clean, short, concrete. This author goes directly to the facts. He doesn't loose time in unnecesary descriptions. He goes to the point. This is a wonderful writing about a platonic love story: A guy that goes to Japan, buys some eggs, and falls inlove with a girl whose voice he n ... (continue)

    I liked this style: clean, short, concrete. This author goes directly to the facts. He doesn't loose time in unnecesary descriptions. He goes to the point. This is a wonderful writing about a platonic love story: A guy that goes to Japan, buys some eggs, and falls inlove with a girl whose voice he never ever listens to. This is a story about a life, and a question about the sense of living, the sense of love, the sense of marriage. Is there any sense? That is the question you make to yourself when you read this. I liked it, it entertained me, and it relaxed me a lot.

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    ariadna73 said on May 10, 2010 | Add your feedback

  • An Italian friend recommended him. Could not find it in Italian so I read it first in English. Lyrical and so beautiful

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    Tatiana Shafer said on Sep 23, 2008 | 1 feedback

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