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160 pages • first pub 1996 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9781786896421
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Canongate
Publication date: Not specified
Description
In 1861 French silkworm merchant Hervé Joncour travels to Japan, where he encounters the mysterious Hara Kei. He develops a painful longing for Kei's beautiful concubine - but they cannot touch; they don't even speak. And he cannot read the note s...
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160 pages • first pub 1996 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9781786896421
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Canongate
Publication date: Not specified
Description
In 1861 French silkworm merchant Hervé Joncour travels to Japan, where he encounters the mysterious Hara Kei. He develops a painful longing for Kei's beautiful concubine - but they cannot touch; they don't even speak. And he cannot read the note s...