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148 pages • first pub 1996 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9781841958354
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Canongate Publishing
Publication date: Not specified
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The year is 1861. Hervé 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 ...
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148 pages • first pub 1996 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9781841958354
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Canongate Publishing
Publication date: Not specified
Description
The year is 1861. Hervé 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 ...