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Alessandro Baricco: Silk

This sensual and hypnotic novel tells a story of adventure and obsession. In 1861 French silkworm mechant Hervé Joncour travels to Japan, where he encounters the mysterious Hara Kei.
ISBN: 9781841958354
Author: Alessandro Baricco
Page: 148
Binding: Soft cover
Publication date: 2006
Format: Book
Publisher: CANONGATE
Language: English

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He develops a painful longing for Kei's beautiful concubine but they cannot touch, they do not even speak. And he cannot read the note she sends him until he has returned to his own country. But the moment he does, Joncour is enslaved. Subtle, tender and surprising, Silk in an evocative tale of erotic possession.

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