The book a tale of travel, passion and mysterious.

Because we don’t know how much important and valuable it is to a person or a country. Alessandro Baricco, Author, Guido Waldman, Translator HarperCollins Publishers 15 (96p) ISBN I first read Alessandro Baricco’s Silk in, in its English translation by Guido Waldman. Now we come up with this realization that not all things can be replaced by Gold, Money or etc. Of course, there is already a film made, of the same name, but nothing can compare to the intimacy that weaves between you and a book like Silk. While Herve symbolizing his own country (France) that all the things in the world can be traded by gold. Golden Library SILK by Alessandro Baricco. In our opinion this excerpt shows about how the people trade with each other, and Hara symbolizes his country (Japan) because he can’t give the silkworm eggs to Herve that easy, it is simply because they treated silkworm as their gold. But Herve insisted that he can only do that if he can get out of that Island alive and he can give all the gold that Hara wants.Īll of the narration is presented in the third person’s point of view. When an epidemic threatens to destroy the silk trade in France, the young merchant Herve Joncour leaves his doting wife and. But according to Hara he can only get what he want if Herve leaves their island. In their conversation, Herve offered Hara the golds he have just to give him the real silk worm eggs. This section contains 1,178 words (approx. They are talking about the silkworm eggs. This Study Guide consists of approximately 44 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more - everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of Silk. The excerpt that we had is just a conversation between Herve and Hara. Written by an Italian author, the story is set in 1860s France and Japan. I borrowed a paperback copy of Silk by Alessandro Baricco from my friend who absolutely loved this book. “Deeply moving… A delicately crafted by love story and an anatomy of desire.” -Guardian Subtle, tender and surprising, Silk is an evocative tale of erotic possession.

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