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    Vintage, Paperback, 1998
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    The Harvill Press, Paperback, 1998
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Silk
Average rating
4 out of 5
Based on 23,113 Ratings and 1,944 Reviews

Book Description
When an epidemic threatens to destroy the silk trade in France, the young merchant Herve Joncour leaves his doting wife and his comfortable home in the small town of Lavilledieu and travels across Siberia to the other end of the world, to Japan, to obtain eggs for a fresh breeding of silk worms. It is the 1860s; Japan is closed to foreigners and this has to be a clandestine operation. During his u... More
Book Information
PublisherHarvill Press
BindingHardcover (12 editions)
Reading LevelUncategorized
# of Pages91
ISBN-101860462588
ISBN-13978-1860462580
Publication Date11/1997
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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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