In 1861 French silkworm merchant Hervé Joncour travels to Japan,where he encounters the mysterious Hara Kei. He develops a painful longing for Kei's beautiful concubine - but they cannot touch; they don't even speak. And he cannot read the note she sends him until he has returned to his own country. But the moment he does,Joncour is enslaved.Subtle,tender and surprising,Silk is an evocative tale of erotic possession.
Publisher: Canongate BooksISBN: 9781786896421Number of pages: 160Weight: 113 gDimensions: 198 x 129 x 9 mmEdition: Main - Canons
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Mesmerising and starkly beautifulA heart-breaking love story told in the form of a classic fable...A stylistic tour de force,a literary gem of bewitching powerDeeply moving...A delicately crafted love story and an anatomy of desireAn intensely powerful and perceptive drama of the deepest human desires...One of the most astonishing and moving novels I have ever readHaunting and delicately erotic
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