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Zusatztext Haunting and delicately erotic Informationen zum Autor Alessandro Baricco was born in Turin in 1958. He is the author of thirteen novels, as well as a number of essay and short story collections, a modern rendition of The Iliad and a theatrical monologue. He has won the Prix Médicis Étranger in France and the Selezione Campiello, Viareggio and Palazzo al Bosco prizes in Italy. Klappentext A novel on the subject of notions of erotic possession, alternating between nineteenth century France and Japan. Acclaimed as stark and delicate upon initial publication, available here as part of Canongate's "Canons" range. A tale of lust and possession in nineteenth-century France and Japan, from the international bestseller Zusammenfassung A tale of lust and possession in nineteenth-century France and Japan, from the international bestseller

Product details

• Authors: Alessandro Baricco, Baricco Alessandro
• Assisted by: Ann Goldstein (Translation)
• Publisher: Canongate Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 31.08.2019
• EAN: 9781786896421
• ISBN: 978-1-78689-642-1
• No. of pages: 160
• Dimensions: 128 mm x 198 mm x 12 mm
• Series: The Canons; Canons
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; FICTION / Historical / General, FICTION / Literary, Fiction in translation, Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary