by Alessandro Baricco · RBA · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788447360871
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«Seda» is the novel by Alessandro Baricco, published by RBA in 2009 in paperback (125 pages, in Spanish).
Set in the nineteenth century, it tells the story of Hervé Joncour, a French trader in silkworm eggs who travels to Japan to obtain merchandise and there finds an experience that marks him. The work combines travel, desire and distance in a brief and evocative prose, described by its author as a story rather than a novel.
Paperback edition of 125 pages, in Spanish, published in 2009. The translation is by Xavier González Rovira and Carlos Gumpert.
Alessandro Baricco is an Italian writer, director and performer. His novels have been translated into a number of languages.
