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Alessandro Baricco

Born

in Turin, Italy

January 25, 1958

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Literature & Fiction, Nonfiction

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Italo Calvino, J.D. Salinger, Gabriel García Márquez, Umberto Eco, Nik ...more

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Alessandro Baricco is an Italian writer, born at Torino in 1958. He's the author of several works, including the novels Lands of Glass (Selezione Campiello Award and Prix Médicis Étranger), Ocean Sea (Viareggio Prize), Silk, City, Emmaus or Mr. Gwyn, among others.

He is also the author of the majestic rewrite of Homer’s Iliad, the theatrical monologue Novecento, the essays Next: On Globalization and the World to Come or The Game.

Baricco hosted the book program "Pickwick" for Rai Tre, which, according to Claudio Paglieri, "invited Italians to rediscover the pleasure of reading." In 1994, he founded a school of "writing techniques" in Turin called Holden (as a tribute to Salinger), which, under his direction, has been a resounding success. Si ...more

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Average rating: 3.89 · 241,600 ratings · 19,727 reviews · 102 distinct works • Similar authors

	Silk 3.85 avg rating — 73,976 ratings — published 1996 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Novecento. Un monologo 4.18 avg rating — 47,236 ratings — published 1994 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ocean Sea by Alessandro Baricco, Alastair McEwen 4.09 avg rating — 29,782 ratings — published 1993 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mr Gwyn 4.09 avg rating — 11,131 ratings — published 2011 — 62 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Castelli di rabbia 3.76 avg rating — 10,361 ratings — published 1991 — 71 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Omero, Iliade 3.70 avg rating — 10,004 ratings — published 2004 — 65 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tre volte all'alba 3.72 avg rating — 9,344 ratings — published 2012 — 46 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Without Blood 3.57 avg rating — 7,413 ratings — published 2002 — 82 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	City 3.73 avg rating — 5,270 ratings — published 1999 — 67 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	La Sposa giovane 3.50 avg rating — 4,981 ratings — published 2015 — 45 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Quotes by Alessandro Baricco (?)

“It's a strange grief… to die of nostalgia for something you will never live.”
― Alessandro Baricco, Silk

tags: books

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“إنه ألمٌ غـريب , أن تموت من الحنين لشـيء.. لم تعشـه أبداً”
― Alessandro Baricco, Silk

tags: ح-رير

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“This is the seashore. Neither land nor sea. It’s a place that does not exist.”
― Alessandro Baricco, Ocean Sea

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What book would you like to read for our August 2024 Group Read? The theme is Silk.

The Hunchback of Notre-Dame by Victor Hugo
Classics

20 votes 27.4%

The House of Silk by Anthony Horowitz
Mystery

14 votes 19.2%

A Study in Silks by Emma Jane Holloway
Fantasy, Steampunk

9 votes 12.3%

Horse by Geraldine Brooks
Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction

8 votes 11.0%

Silk by Alessandro Baricco
Historical Fiction, Romance

8 votes 11.0%

The Girl Who Wrote in Silk by Kelli Estes
Historical Fiction, China

7 votes 9.6%

Silk Roads by Peter Frankopan
History, Nonfiction

4 votes 5.5%

Women of the Silk by Gail Tsukiyama
Historical Fiction, China

3 votes 4.1%

73 total votes

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