{"product_id":"silk-movie-tie-in-edition-paperback","title":"Silk (Movie Tie-In Edition) - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAlessandro Baricco\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eAnn Goldstein\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe year is 1861. Herv  Joncour is a French merchant of silkworms, who combs the known world for their gemlike eggs. Then circumstances compel him to travel farther, beyond the edge of the known, to a country legendary for the quality of its silk and its hostility to foreigners: Japan.There Joncour meets a woman. They do not touch; they do not even speak. And he cannot read the note she sends him until he has returned to his own country. But in the moment he does, Joncour is possessed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlessandro Baricco was born in Turin in 1958. He is the author of two previous novels, \u003cb\u003eCastelli di rabbia\u003c\/b\u003e, which won the Prix Médicis in France and the Selezione Campiello prize in Italy, and \u003cb\u003eOcean-Sea\u003c\/b\u003e, which won the Viareggio and Palazzo del Bosco prizes. He has also written essays in the field of musicology. \u003cb\u003eSilk\u003c\/b\u003e became an immediate bestseller in Italy and has been translated into twenty-seven languages.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 144\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.41 x 8.04 x 5.54 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 28, 2007\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51754175267104,"sku":"9780307277978","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/4cc1014e8c0d41a84a0d0d9446b2b71d.webp?v=1780035030","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/silk-movie-tie-in-edition-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}