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Silk (Canons)
Alessandro Baricco
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Description for Silk (Canons)
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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.
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.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2019
Publisher
Canongate Canons
Condition
New
Number of Pages
160
Place of Publication
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781786896421
SKU
9781786896421
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About Alessandro Baricco
Alessandro Baricco was born in Turin in 1958. He is the author of thirteen novels, as well as a number of essay and short story collections, a modern rendition of The Iliad and a theatrical monologue. He has won the Prix Médicis Étranger in France and the Selezione Campiello, Viareggio and Palazzo al Bosco prizes in Italy. Ann Goldstein ... Read more
Reviews for Silk (Canons)
Mesmerising and starkly beautiful
Observer
A heart-breaking love story told in the form of a classic fable . . . A stylistic tour de force, a literary gem of bewitching power
Sunday Times
Deeply moving . . . A delicately crafted love story and an anatomy of desire ... Read more
Observer
A heart-breaking love story told in the form of a classic fable . . . A stylistic tour de force, a literary gem of bewitching power
Sunday Times
Deeply moving . . . A delicately crafted love story and an anatomy of desire ... Read more