143 pages

Russian language

Published Jan. 13, 2003 by Inostranka, BSGPRESS.

ISBN:
978-5-94145-011-4
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OCLC Number:
53010177

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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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Subjects

  • Silk industry
  • Travel
  • French
  • Fiction

Places

  • Japan
  • France