Silk
By: Alessandro Baricco
Edition: Large print ed.
Publisher: W F Howes
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Rearsby
Language: eng
Number of pages: 108
ISBN-13: 9781407409726
Subjects: Silk industry; Fiction; Social life and customs; Manners and customs
Work titles: Seta
Description: 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.
Notes: Translated from the Italian.