Alessandro Baricco: Silk a Format X (Hardcover, 1998, The Harvill Press)
Hardcover, 96 pages
Published May 26, 1998 by The Harvill Press.
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.
Noia.
Raramente salto pezzi, o addirittura pagine, ma se non lo facevo probabilmente non lo avrei finito. Nonostante sia così corto.
