Silk"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 edges of the known, to a country legendary for the quality of its silk and its hospitality to foreigners: Japan. There Joncour meets a woman. They do not touch; they do not even speak. And he cannot read the note she sends him until he has returned to his own country. But in the moment he does, Joncour is possessed."--Back cover. |
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Abraham Lincoln ALESSANDRO BARICCO Austria aviary beside birds black ink breadth of Württemberg Budapest by train Cape Teraya Chinese border coloured crossed the Urals days Hervé Joncour descended the course door Dutch smugglers face fingers French frontier near Metz gates of Lavilledieu gaze hand Hara Kei Hervé Joncour continued Hervé Joncour left Hervé Joncour listened Hervé Joncour saw High Mass island Japan Japanese Jean Berbeck kilometres of Russian kimono later Hervé Joncour leave lips look Madame Blanche master and beloved motionless mulberry bark never Nîmes Ocean he stopped open your eyes oriental slant park pébrine port of Sabirk reached Lake Baikal River Amur Saint Agnes Salammbô silence silk silkworm eggs skirting the Chinese slowly smiled soft pedal stood Sunday in April Takaoka tea cup thousand kilometres tiny blue flowers town travelled the breadth turned village voice waited wife Hélène woman Württemberg and Bavaria Yokohama young girl