Oh what a joy to find that my Italian had progressed to a level that I could finally read Alessandro Baricco's 'Seta' and 'Novecento' in the 'versione originale'.

Baricco is a contemporary writer and although both tales are quite short, they are beautifully crafted stories of love and loss. What else would an Italian write about??

Seta (Silk) 1997

Novecento (Novecento: Pianist) 1994

You can also find both translated into German and French.

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