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    Vintage, Paperback, 1998
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    The Harvill Press, Paperback, 1998
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    Vintage International, Paperback, 1998
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    Vintage Books, Paperback, 1998
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    Harvill Press, Hardcover, 1997
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Silk
Average rating
4 out of 5
Based on 30,164 Ratings and 2,400 Reviews

Book Description
Young Herve Joncour has to leave his doting wife, Helene, and his comfortable home in the small town of Lavilledieu, France and travel across Siberia through to Japan, to obtain uncontaminated silkworm eggs for breeding. He meets a local baron's concubine and falls in love.
Book Information
PublisherThe Harvill Press
BindingPaperback (12 editions)
Reading LevelUncategorized
# of Pages96
ISBN-10186046310X
ISBN-13978-1860463105
Publication Date02/13/1997
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About Alessandro Baricco (Author) : Alessandro Baricco is a published author. Some of the published credits of Alessandro Baricco include Silk (MTI).
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About Guido Waldman (Translator) : Guido Waldman is a published translator. Published credits of Guido Waldman include The Decameron (Oxford World's Classics), Silk.
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