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Silk (Reprint Edition) by Alessandro Baricco, Guido Waldman (Translator), Mark Z. Danielewski Paperback, 112 Pages, Published 1998 ISBN-10: 0-375-70382-9 / 0375703829 ISBN-13: 978-0-375-70382-9 / 9780375703829 This startling, sensual, hypnotically compelling novel tells a story of adventure, sexual enthrallment, and a love so powerful that it unhinges a man's life. In 1861 French silkworm merchant Hervé Joncour is compelled to travel to Japan, where, in the court of an enigmatic nobleman, he meets a woman |