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France, 1861. When an epidemic threatens to wipe out the silk trade in France, Herve Joncour, a young silk breeder, 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, a love that is conveyed in a number...
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- Author Alessandro Baricco
- ISBN13 9781841958354
- ISBN10 1841958352
- Pages 160
- Published 2006
- Fecha de publicación 01/08/2006
- Language English
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Silk
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- Alessandro Baricco
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- Canongate Books (2006)
- 9781841958354



