Baricco, Alessandro 1958-

Silk by Alessandro Baricco ( Book )
137 editions published between 1996 and 2010 in 26 languages and held by 1,256 libraries worldwide
In 1860, France's silk trade is threatened by an epidemic. To obtain uncontaminated silk worm eggs, a young man goes on a clandestine journey to Japan--where he falls in love with a lovely, non-Oriental concubine. This critically acclaimed narrative, seamless as a piece of fine silk, plays on the imagination, haunting as a strain of beautiful music.

An Iliad by Alessandro Baricco ( Book )
32 editions published between 2004 and 2011 in 7 languages and held by 932 libraries worldwide
"Alessandro Baricco re-creates the siege of Troy through the voices of twenty-one Homeric characters in the narrative idiom of our modern imagination"--Cover p. [2].

Ocean sea by Alessandro Baricco ( Book )
105 editions published between 1993 and 2011 in 20 languages and held by 850 libraries worldwide
A novel on a group of guests in a resort by the sea, tracing their lives and the fate that awaits them-- including love and murder. Among the guests are a painter, a philosopher, two women, a priest and a mysterious sailor. By an Italian writer, author of Silk.

Without blood by Alessandro Baricco ( Book )
46 editions published between 2002 and 2009 in 14 languages and held by 753 libraries worldwide
From the author of the acclaimed international bestseller "Silk" comes an unforgettable tale of the cruelty of war, a little girl's shattered world, and her lifelong quest for revenge and healing.

City by Alessandro Baricco ( Book )
70 editions published between 1999 and 2010 in 17 languages and held by 628 libraries worldwide
From the author of "Silk" comes a panoramic Cartesian comic book of a novel--with super heroes, boxers, and a bedwetting prodigy expected to win the Nobel Prize. By turns hilarious and deeply sad, "City" is an American original, penned by a brilliant Italian.

Lands of glass by Alessandro Baricco ( Book )
80 editions published between 1991 and 2007 in 14 languages and held by 374 libraries worldwide
Når hr. Rail tager på lange rejser til ukendte steder, får han store ideer - bl.a. en helt urealistisk utopi om at skabe den første store jernbane. Dristigt, ruinerende og meget italiensk.

Novecento : un monologo by Alessandro Baricco ( Book )
90 editions published between 1994 and 2011 in 15 languages and held by 279 libraries worldwide
Dans ce long monologue qui swingue comme un morceau de jazz, Novecento parle. Moi͏̈se des transatlantiques trouvé âgé de quelques jours, dans une caisse sous un piano, il n'a jamais connu d'autre univers que la mer.

Questa storia by Alessandro Baricco ( Book )
19 editions published between 2005 and 2009 in 9 languages and held by 147 libraries worldwide
Set in Italy, follows Ultimo Parri's life, which parallels the rise of the automobile. Parri is a motoring enthusiast, and his story is recounted from numerous viewpoints rather than a single narrator.

Emmaus by Alessandro Baricco ( Book )
6 editions published between 2009 and 2011 in 4 languages and held by 100 libraries worldwide
Vier goed-katholieke jongens krijgen het moeilijk met hun geloofsregels als ze een vrijmoedig meisje leren kennen..

I barbari : saggio sulla mutazione by Alessandro Baricco ( Book )
6 editions published in 2006 in Italian and held by 82 libraries worldwide