Seda (Butxaca)

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Alessandro Baricco: Seda (Butxaca) (Catalan language, 2001, Edicions de La Magrana)

100 pages

Catalan language

Published Aug. 25, 2001 by Edicions de La Magrana.

ISBN:
978-84-8264-337-3
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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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Review of 'Silk' on 'Goodreads'

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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