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Silk
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Ann Goldstein (trans) and
Alessandro Baricco
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Vintage Books
Publication date
August 28, 2007
Pages
132
Binding
Paperback
Edition
Reissue
Book category
Adult Fiction
ISBN-13
9780307277978
ISBN-10
0307277976
Dimensions
0.50 by 5.25 by 8 in.
Weight
0.35 lbs.
Original list price
$14.95
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Summaries and Reviews
Summary
In the 1860s, when Japan is still closed to foreigners, Herve Joncour, a young French merchant, makes a series of clandestine journeys across Siberia to Japan, at first to purchase silkworm eggs, and later to pursue an affair with a Japanese nobleman's concubine. Reissue. (A Picturehouse Entertainment film, written by Fran$ois Girard & Michael Golding, directed by Fran$ois Girard, releasing Fall 2007, starring Koji Yakusho, Alfred Molina, Michael Pitt, & Keira Knightley) (Historical Fiction)
Editions
Hardcover
With Guido Waldman |
from Harvill Pr (October 1, 1997)
9781860462580 | details & prices | 91 pages | 5.50 × 8.50 × 0.50 in. | 0.55 lbs | List price $15.00
About: In the 1860s, when Japan is still closed to foreigners, a young French merchant called Herve Joncour makes a series of clandestine journeys across Siberia to Japan, at first to purchase silkworm eggs, and later to pursue an affair with a Japanese nobleman's concubine
About: In the 1860s, when Japan is still closed to foreigners, a young French merchant called Herve Joncour makes a series of clandestine journeys across Siberia to Japan, at first to purchase silkworm eggs, and later to pursue an affair with a Japanese nobleman's concubine
Paperback
The price comparison is for this edition
With Ann Goldstein (other contributor) |
Reissue edition from Vintage Books (August 28, 2007)
9780307277978 | details & prices | 132 pages | 5.25 × 8.00 × 0.50 in. | 0.35 lbs | List price $14.95
About: In the late 1860s, when Japan is still closed to foreigners, Herve Joncour, a young French merchant, makes a series of clandestine journeys across Siberia to Japan, at first to purchase silkworm eggs, and later to pursue an affair with a Japanese nobleman's concubine.
About: In the late 1860s, when Japan is still closed to foreigners, Herve Joncour, a young French merchant, makes a series of clandestine journeys across Siberia to Japan, at first to purchase silkworm eggs, and later to pursue an affair with a Japanese nobleman's concubine.
With Guido Waldman |
Reprint edition from Vintage Books (September 1, 1998)
9780375703829 | details & prices | 91 pages | 5.00 × 8.25 × 0.50 in. | 0.30 lbs | List price $11.95
About: Herve Joncour, a young French merchant in the 1860s, makes a series of clandestine journeys across Siberia to Japan to purchase silkworm eggs, and becomes involved with a Japanese nobleman's concubine
About: Herve Joncour, a young French merchant in the 1860s, makes a series of clandestine journeys across Siberia to Japan to purchase silkworm eggs, and becomes involved with a Japanese nobleman's concubine
from Harvill Pr (May 1, 1998)
9781860463662 | details & prices | List price $55.01
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