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Baricco at Lucca Comics & Games in 2010. Alessandro Baricco (Italian pronunciation: [ale's:andro baˈrik:o]; born 25 January 1958) is an Italian writer, director and performer. His novels have been translated into a number of languages.
Alessandro Baricco (Torino, 25 gennaio 1958) è uno scrittore, drammaturgo, sceneggiatore, autore televisivo, critico musicale, conduttore televisivo e conduttore radiofonico italiano, vincitore del Premio Viareggio nel 1993.
Alessandro Baricco is an Italian writer, director and performer. His novels have been translated into a number of languages. Combine Editions. Alessandro Baricco’s books. Average rating: 3.89 · 203,818 ratings · 15,571 reviews · 88 distinct works • Similar authors. More books by Alessandro Baricco… Quotes by Alessandro Baricco (?)
Alessandro Baricco has 88 books on Goodreads with 367369 ratings. Alessandro Baricco’s most popular book is Silk.
Silk ( Italian: Seta) is a 1996 novel by the Italian writer Alessandro Baricco. It was translated into English in 1997 by Guido Waldman. A new English translation by Ann Goldstein was published in 2006. Plot.
Dec 10, 2020 · Known first for his bestselling novels Land of Glass (1991 Italy's Prix Medicis and Campiello Prize winner), Ocean Sea (1993) and Silk (1996, translated into 16 languages), Baricco has also had a prolific career as television host of cultural programs, as a playwright, and essayist.
Alessandro Baricco's Silk is a short work, with short chapters, but it is lyrical and the emotion builds to the end. The story begins in 1861, with our main character, Hervé Joncour, buying and selling silkworms for a living.
Jul 9, 2006 · Silk. Alessandro Baricco. Canongate Books, Jul 9, 2006 - Fiction - 160 pages. In 1861 French silkworm merchant Hervé Joncour travels to Japan, where he encounters the mysterious Hara Kei. He...
When an epidemic threatens to destroy the silk trade in France, the young merchant Herve Joncour leaves his doting wife and his comfortable home in the small town of...
Jun 21, 2012 · Alessandro Baricco is the author of several works of fiction, including Ocean Sea, Silk, and City. He has won the Prix Médicis Étranger in France and the Selezione...
