Seda

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Alessandro Baricco: Seda (Spanish language, 1997, Editorial Anagrama)

Paperback, 125 pages

Spanish language

Published Sept. 25, 1997 by Editorial Anagrama.

ISBN:
978-84-339-0840-7
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France, 1861. When an epidemic threatens to wipe out the silk trade in France, silkworm breeder Herve Joncour has to travel overland to distant Japan, out of bounds to foreigners, to smuggle out healthy silkworms. In the course of his secret negotiations with the local baron, Joncour's attention is arrested by the man's concubine, a girl who does not have oriental eyes. Although they are unable to exchange so much as a word, love blossoms between them.

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reviewed Silk by Alessandro Baricco

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L'histoire d'une vie, en douceur, d'un sentiment précieux, mystérieux mais touchant. Une prose magnifique, un joyau de littérature, concis et léger mais précieux telle la soie.

"C'est une souffrance étrange. Doucement. Mourir de nostalgie pour quelque chose que tu ne vivras jamais."

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