Alessandro Baricco
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Description
Tras cumplir dieciocho años, y según lo acordado previamente, la Esposa joven regresa de Argentina y se presenta en casa de la Familia para poder casarse con el Hijo, su prometido. Sin embargo, hay un pequeno problema: este ha partido en viaje de negocios y nadie sabe con exactitud cuando va a volver, ni si lo hara. Se inicia así una larga espera en una villa italiana, a principios del siglo XX, en la que la joven tendrá la oportunidad de ir conociendo...
3) Silk
Pub. Date
2008.
Description
Herve Joncour is a married silkworm smuggler in 19th century France. He travels to Japan to collect his clandestine cargo after his original shipment was destroyed. While in Japan, he spots a beautiful Japanese woman who is the concubine of a local baron. He immediately becomes obsessed. Without speaking the same language, they communicate through letters until war intervenes. Their unrequited love persists however, and Herve's wife Helene begins...
Pub. Date
c2002
Description
The story of an extraordinary man who lives a remarkable life without setting foot on land. Dubbed 1900 for the year he was born, he was abandoned atop a piano and raised by a lowly crew member in the bowels of a luxurious cruise ship. As he grows up, he is drawn to the piano and discovers he has an amazing gift for creating music. His reputation spreads, but he refuses to leave the ship. Only when he spots a beautiful girl on-board does he try to...
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