Silk by Alessandro Baricco

91 pages first pub 1996 (editions)

fiction historical romance emotional reflective fast-paced
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The year is 1861. Hervé Joncour is a French merchant of silkworms, who combs the known world for their gemlike eggs. Then circumstances compel him to travel farther, beyond the edge of the known, to a country legendary for the quality of its silk ...

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