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| Plot Summary of Silk |
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"This beautiful short novel is a love story and fable. It concerns Herve Joncour a procurer of silk worms and is set in the 19th Century in France. After a failure of African silk worms Herve travels to the remote land of Japan overland to buy some Japanese silk worms. Here he meets a beautiful non-Asian young girl who is the mistress of the wealthy village lord. Eachtime he travels to Japan the young girl passes him a message written in Japanese and Herve despite being married falls for the girl. Finally he receives a letter preportedly from the girl which describes how she would like to have made love with him. But there is an air of tragedy with the letter as it is in fact from his wife who has died. This beautiful melancholic and highly descriptive novel charged with eroticism will leave you dreaming of its words long after you have read it. "
John Marcel, Resident Scholar
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"In the 1860's the silk trade was booming, and Hervé, a merchant travels to Japan to obtain eggs for the breeding of silkworms. He negotions with a Japanese baron to obtain the eggs and he encounters a young woman who does not have asian eyes. From the moment he sees this woman, Hervé is captivated, and though he is married, he returns to Japan to this woman three times. Because they do not speak the same language they cannot address each other, but over these visits they conduct a secret affair. "
fran laniado, Resident Scholar
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Tone of book?
- very sensitive (sigh)
- thoughtful
Time/era of story
- 19th century
Romance/Romance Problems
Yes
Kind of romance:
- playing footsy while inconveniently married
- long distance phone/letter/e-mail love
Is this an adult or child's book?
- Adult or Young Adult Book
Lover is
- from very different culture
Main Character
Gender
- Male
Profession/status:
- trader
- explorer
Age:
- 20's-30's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Ethnicity/Nationality
- French
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Female
Age:
- a teen
Profession/status:
- wealthy
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- an average amount
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings?
- 4 ()
Europe
Yes
European country:
- France
Asia/Pacific
Yes
Asian country:
- Japan
Style
Person
- mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death?
- no torture/death
- explicit references to deaths
Sex in book?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- vague references
- descript of kissing
- actual description of hetero sex
Amount of dialog
- roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
- significantly more descript than dialog
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