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Alessandro Baricco (Italian pronunciation: [ale's:andro baˈrik:o]; born 25 January 1958) is an Italian writer, director and performer. His novels have been translated into a number of languages. Early life, family and education [ edit ]
Alessandro Baricco ( Torino, 25 gennaio 1958) è uno scrittore, drammaturgo, sceneggiatore, autore televisivo, critico musicale, conduttore televisivo e conduttore radiofonico italiano, vincitore del Premio Viareggio nel 1993.
Alessandro Baricco is an Italian writer, director and performer. His novels have been translated into a number of languages. Combine Editions. Alessandro Baricco’s books. Average rating: 3.89 · 203,818 ratings · 15,571 reviews · 88 distinct works • Similar authors. More books by Alessandro Baricco… Quotes by Alessandro Baricco (?)
Alessandro Baricco's Silk is a short work, with short chapters, but it is lyrical and the emotion builds to the end. The story begins in 1861, with our main character, Hervé Joncour, buying and selling silkworms for a living.
Alessandro Baricco has 88 books on Goodreads with 367369 ratings. Alessandro Baricco’s most popular book is Silk.
Dec 10, 2020 · Known first for his bestselling novels Land of Glass (1991 Italy's Prix Medicis and Campiello Prize winner), Ocean Sea (1993) and Silk (1996, translated into 16 languages), Baricco has also had a prolific career as television host of cultural programs, as a playwright, and essayist.
Jun 22, 2014 · Author Ru Freeman first turned to Alessandro Baricco's tale of a French silkworm merchant and his impossible love because it made her homesickness palpable. On second reading, it cured it.
Silk (1996) is a novella by Italian author Alessandro Baricco, translated into English by Guido Waldman in 1997, and by Ann Goldstein in 2006. Set in the 19th century, the novella follows French merchant Hervé Joncour as he falls in love with the wife or concubine of a Japanese nobleman.
Alessandro Baricco was born on 25 January 1958 in Turin, Piedmont, Italy. He is a writer and director, known for The Legend of 1900 (1998), Lezione 21 (2008) and The Belly of the Sea (2021). He has been married to Gloria Campaner since 16 December 2023.
Ocean Sea ( Italian: Oceano mare) is a 1993 novel by the Italian writer Alessandro Baricco. Its narrative revolves around the lives of a group of people gathered at a remote seaside hotel. The novel won the Viareggio Prize.
