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France, 1861. When an epidemic threatens to wipe out the silk trade in France, Herv- Joncour, a young silk breeder, 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, a love that is conveyed in a number of recondite messages. How their secret affair develops is told in this remarkable love story. As haunting as a strain of passionate music, Silk is an enchantment, an exquisite narrative and a stylistic tour de force.
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Novela italiana, Fiction, Travel, French, Italian, History, Romance, Self-discovery, Silk industry, Fiction, romance, historical, Japan, fiction, Fiction, romance, general, Literature, Cuentos de amor, Industria y comercio, Historia, Seda, Ficción, Cuentos eróticos, Comerciantes, Ehefrau, Kaufmann, Seidenraupe, Verlieben, Junge Frau, Ehemann, Belletristische Darstellung, Distanz, Social life and customs, Manners and customs, Fiction, romance, historical, general, Romance literature, France, fiction, Fiction, media tie-inPlaces
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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.
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