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Picked this up somewhat randomly from an antique shop (not sure a publication date of 1993 is actually antique!), and found it rather beguiling.
I don't subscribe to the "show don't tell" rule (who makes up these rules, anyway?), and this is mostly told to the reader as if by an oral storyteller, with repetitions typical of traditional tales.
It's a story of travel, romance, exoticism & eroticism, told quietly, unaffectedly and with poignancy. 4?

This is a gorgeous novel. Slim and sexy, one of the best impulse buys I‘ve ever made at a used bookstore. Highly recommend!✨

Quick re-read. Still like this story about a man who travels to Japan to buy silkworms a lot. And the language too.

#Two4Tuesday @TheSpineView , thanks for the tag ❤

1. Mmh... I'm not really into flowers, but I personally consider the daisies as the beginning of spring 🌼
2. Tagged book even if it's not set during spring

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Day 17 - #Lovers

A beautiful deep book about two lovers in the ancient Japan

1. I'm not very good at craft 😅 I did decoupage when I was younger
2. It was a relaxing day and I'm happy for that. Lately I'm always worried for something, so I enjoyed a little break

#ThankfulThursday

I would like to tag, but I can't do it 😫

#3books that have been made into movies
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🐯 Vita di Pi (Life of Pi) by Yann Martel
🇯🇵 Seta (Silk)by Alessandro Baricco
🍅 Pomodori verdi fritti al caffè di Whistle Stop by Fannie Flagg

#GratefulReads - Under 250 Pages: Sometimes you forget a book. It hangs out in the back of a bookshelf or underneath a stack of much larger books or at the bottom of a bag of books until something (a photo prompt) sends you in its direction. When you pick it up you say softly, ‘Oh, I remember you. You were a quiet little novel with blushing lyrical prose told on 1-2 page length chapters. I thought you were beautiful & I vowed never to forget you!‘

Era d‘altronde uno di quegli uomini che amano assistere alla propria vita, ritenendo impropria qualsiasi ambizione a viverla.

What a wonderfully lyrical little novel! A very short but adventurous love story set in the midst of the Japanese-European silk trade of the 19th century. Written in single-page-long chapters with an unexpected twist at the end!

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In trasparenza, le ombre dei minuscoli uccelli parlavano con voce sfocata. Dicevano qualcosa di assolutamente insignificante o capace di scardinare una vita.

Si mise ad osservare la fiamma che tremava, minuta, nella lanterna. E, con cura, fermó il Tempo per tutto il tempo che desideró.

This 90 page international best seller is an historical novel about the silk trade in 19th C Japan & France, but is also an adventure novel & a love story & a fable & a prose poem. After deep thought I connected repeated scenes of rain with repeated travel itineraries. And it was awesome. It's that kind of book. I'm sure I missed much of it. Some readers will feel fireworks & others will feel but a few wondrous "poofs". It's my "Ratatouille" book.

#jubilantjuly day 14: #setinfrance
I recently borrowed this book is set in France - it is written by an Italian writer and translated from the Italian. It tells the story of a silkworm merchant who travels to Japan

I Feltrinelli non sono mai abbastanza! 😍

#libri #book #books #feltrinelli #baricco #seta #cacucci #leggere #letture

Snack time after subbing in middle school 😱😜

No idea how this was recommended but it's here, and I'll see how it goes.