by Alessandro Baricco · Rizzoli - RCS Libri · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788817106252
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«Seta» is the novel by Alessandro Baricco published by Rizzoli - RCS Libri in paperback (100 pages, in Italian).
France, 1861. Hervé Joncour buys and sells silkworms. When an epidemic devastates European breeders, he travels secretly to Japan to obtain healthy eggs and there crosses paths with a mysterious young woman whose presence will mark his life. A love story marked by distance, silences and nineteenth-century Japan.
The novel was originally published in 1996; this Rizzoli edition dates from 1999 and belongs to the BUR La Scala collection.
For readers of contemporary fiction interested in love stories and travel with historical settings.
Alessandro Baricco is an Italian writer, director and performer. His novels have been translated into a number of languages.
