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Baricco, Alessandro, 1958-2019
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The French silk trade is threatened by an epidemic and Hervé Joncour travels to 1860s Japan to attempt to obtain clean eggs. He falls in love with a non-Japanese concubine but the affair is carried out secretively and provides a most delicate ending.
Main title:
Silk / Alessandro Baricco ; translated from the Italian by Ann Goldstein.
Author:
Baricco, Alessandro, 1958-, authorGoldstein, Ann, 1949-, translator
Imprint:
Edinburgh : Canongate, 2019.
Collation:
160 pages ; 20 cm
Notes:
This translation originally published: London: Harvill, 1997.
ISBN:
9781786896421 (pbk)
Dewey class:
853.92
LC class:
PQ4862.A6745
Language:
EnglishItalian
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BRN:
2510722
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