by Alessandro Baricco · Gallimard · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9782070419654
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«Soie» is the novel by Alessandro Baricco, published by Gallimard in paperback format (142 pages, in French).
Set around 1860, it tells the story of Hervé Joncour, a French silk merchant who travels to Japan to obtain healthy silkworm eggs after the epidemic ruins his country's breeding farms. The encounter with a mysterious woman awakens in him an impossible passion, in a story of love, desire and exoticism between two worlds.
French edition in the Folio collection (number 3570), with translation from Italian by Françoise Brun; this edition dates from 2001.
Aimed at readers of contemporary literary fiction interested in short novels with historical settings and in the encounter between the West and Japan.
Alessandro Baricco is an Italian writer, director and performer. His novels have been translated into a number of languages.
