Silk

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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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  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 about the Paperback edition | 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 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

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  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 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

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  I just didn't get it.

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  Leahrussell76 said on Oct 6, 2008 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

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  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 about the Paperback edition | 1 feedback

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• English Books
• Others 120 Pages
• ISBN-10: 2226088814
• ISBN-13: 9782226088819
• Publisher: Albin Michel
• Pub date: Jan 02, 1997
• Dimensions: 1290 mm x 839 mm x 65 mm Just how big is that?
• Also available as: Paperback, Hardcover and eBook
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