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Silk
by Baricco, Alessandro
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Hardback. Harvill Press. UK. 1997. FIRST EDITION. Hardback with dustjacket. PLEASE NOTE: whilst this is a scarce first edition of this novel and the book is in great all round condition, there is a personal inscription to the front. 'Silk' by Alessandro Baricco. A handsome little copy of this novel. Set in the 1860's, a young man travels from France to Japan as part of the silk trade. He gets involved with a young woman who is a 'concubine' to a local silk baron. Made into a movie with Keira Knightly. The dustjacket is bright and unclipped with very good edges and tips. There is an inscription to the front paper but otherwise clean and unmarked. Smart boards. Not exlib and packed and sent with care.
Synopsis
Alessandro Baricco was born in Turin in 1958. He is the author of two previous novels, Castelli di rabbia , which won the Prix Médicis in France and the Selezione Campiello prize in Italy, and Ocean-Sea , which won the Viareggio and Palazzo del Bosco prizes. He has also written essays in the field of musicology. Silk became an immediate bestseller in Italy and has been translated into twenty-seven languages.
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Details
- Bookseller
- N K Burchill Rana Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 100003171
- Title
- Silk
- Author
- Baricco, Alessandro
- Format/Binding
- Hardback
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- asia; china; fiction; silk road;
Terms of Sale
N K Burchill Rana Books
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About the Seller
N K Burchill Rana Books
Biblio member since 2019
BATH, Somerset
About N K Burchill Rana Books
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