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An edition of Seta (1920)

Silk

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France, 1861. When an epidemic threatens to wipe out the silk trade in France, Herv- Joncour, a young silk breeder, 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, a love that is conveyed in a number of recondite messages. How their secret affair develops is told in this remarkable love story. As haunting as a strain of passionate music, Silk is an enchantment, an exquisite narrative and a stylistic tour de force.

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Vintage
Language
English
Pages
65

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Subjects

Novela italiana, Fiction, Travel, French, Italian, History, Romance, Self-discovery, Silk industry, Fiction, romance, historical, Japan, fiction, Fiction, romance, general, Literature, Cuentos de amor, Industria y comercio, Historia, Seda, Ficción, Cuentos eróticos, Comerciantes, Ehefrau, Kaufmann, Seidenraupe, Verlieben, Junge Frau, Ehemann, Belletristische Darstellung, Distanz, Social life and customs, Manners and customs, Fiction, romance, historical, general, Romance literature, France, fiction, Fiction, media tie-in

Places

Japan, France, Francia, Japoń, Frankreich <Süd>, Frankreich (Su d)

Times

Siglo XX, 1848-1870, 19th century, Siglo XIX, Geschichte 1861-1875, Geschichte 1861-1864, 1600-1868

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Seta
2014-02, Feltrinelli
paperback in Italian
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Silk
2007, W F Howes
in English - Large print ed.
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Silk
2003, Vintage
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Silkas
2002, Vilnius
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Seta
2001, Biblioteca Univ Rizzoli
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Soie
2001, Gallimard
Mass Market Paperback in French
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Silk
1998, Harvill Press
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Seide
1997, Piper
in German
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1997-09, Editorial Anagrama
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Soie: roman
1997, Albin Michel
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London
Copyright Date
1997

Classifications

Library of Congress
PQ4862.A6745

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Format
paperback
Pagination
65p.
Number of pages
65

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL39470797M
Internet Archive
silk0000bari
ISBN 10
0099448831
ISBN 13
9780099448839
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62038958

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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.

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