by Alessandro Baricco · Feltrinelli · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788807897740
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Silk is a novel by the Italian writer Alessandro Baricco, published in 1996. The story follows Hervé Joncour, a French silkworm egg merchant, on his travels to Japan in the 19th century. In Japan, he meets a mysterious man and his young concubine, and becomes entangled in a complex web of love and desire. The novel is a meditation on the nature of love, loss, and beauty.
Alessandro Baricco is an Italian writer, director and performer. His novels have been translated into a number of languages.
