by Alessandro Baricco · Anagrama-Salvat · tapa dura · ISBN 9788434534766
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«Seda» is the short novel by Alessandro Baricco, published by Anagrama-Salvat in hardback (96 pages, in Spanish).
In nineteenth-century France, an epidemic threatens the silk trade. The merchant Hervé Joncour travels clandestinely to a Japan closed to foreigners to obtain silkworm eggs. In Japan, the merchant's gaze meets the concubine of a baron, and a silent bond is born that grows over several journeys.
Work originally published in 1996 as «Seta»; this Spanish edition, translated by Xavier González Rovira and Carlos Gumpert, dates from 2001.
For readers of historical and romantic fiction seeking a brief, evocative narrative with a lyrical tone.
Alessandro Baricco is an Italian writer, director and performer. His novels have been translated into a number of languages.
