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Alessandro Baricco: Juan (Chinese language, 1999, Huang guan wen hua chu ban you xian gong si)

189 pages

Chinese language

Published Aug. 25, 1999 by Huang guan wen hua chu ban you xian gong si.

ISBN:
978-957-33-1602-2
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OCLC Number:
41517872

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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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Review of 'Silk' on 'Goodreads'

Una novela que te deja con una sensación extraña, con sentimientos que te conmueven por el amor, la amistad, la solidaridad, pero que además te deja un vacío o expectación, pues no todo es lo que parece.

Herve Joncour es un joven, que, con empeño y dedicación, ha logrado comercializar los gusanos de seda, por los que va a Japón una vez al año, en un viaje largo y peligroso, que ha dado beneficios no solo para sí mismo, sino además para todo un pueblo. Sin embargo, en esos viajes conoce a alguien con quien no comparte el idioma, nunca logran comunicarse con palabras, y, sin embargo, hay algo que les une y que podrá traer dolor y grandes dificultades para ambos.

“Tal vez la vida, a veces, te cambia de una forma que no hay nada más que decir.” El amor, la fidelidad, el perdón, son muchas cosas que …

Review of 'Silk' on 'Goodreads'

 Better than I'd have thought because I don't usually go for books that "read like fables." It's super short—you'll read it in a day—but there's a lot going on in it. It might annoy some with the repetition, which can come off as too cute, but it belongs in a book like this.

Review of 'Soie' on 'Goodreads'

Aussi bref qu’intense, aussi limpide que soyeux, ce très court roman va à l’essentiel, sans fioritures, pour mieux refléter la vie neutre du personnage, dont il est le spectateur ni heureux ni malheureux. Poétique et minimaliste, cette histoire si simple se laisse lire tout en douceur. Hervé Joncour interrompt le cours de sa vie tranquille par des voyages répétés au Japon, qui feraient partie de sa routine sans cette femme mystérieuse qu’il y croise à chaque fois. Étrange et envoûtant.

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