Silk
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Author
Contributions
- Guido Waldman - Translator
Publication
1997 - Harvill Press, London, United Kingdom
Language
English
Translation of: Seta
Word Count
22,750 words, Guess
Page Count
91 pages
Identifiers
- ISBN-101860462588
- ISBN-139781860462580
- LibraryThing18143
- Library of Congress Control Number97179758
- OCLC Control Number37041114
and 2 more
- Better World Books9781860462580
- Open LibraryOL22455229M
Classifications
- LCCPQ4862.A6745 S47 1997
- LCCPQ4862.A6745S47 1997
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.
Description
In 1860, France's silk trade is threatened by an epidemic. To obtain uncontaminated silk worm eggs, a young man goes on a clandestine journey to Japan--where he falls in love with a lovely, non-Oriental concubine. This critically acclaimed narrative, seamless as a piece of fine silk, plays on the imagination, haunting as a strain of beautiful music.
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