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Alessandro Baricco


Born
in Turin, Italy
January 25, 1958

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Alessandro Baricco is a popular Italian writer, director, and performer. His novels have been translated into a wide number of languages, and include Lands of Glass, Silk, Ocean Sea, City, and Without Blood. His theatrical monologue, Novecento, was adapted into film, titled The Legend of 1900.
He currently lives in Rome with his wife and two sons.

Average rating: 3.9 · 177,888 ratings · 13,327 reviews · 94 distinct worksSimilar authors
Silk

3.85 avg rating — 53,633 ratings — published 1996 — 244 editions
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Novecento. Un monologo

4.18 avg rating — 35,558 ratings — published 1994 — 116 editions
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Ocean Sea

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4.09 avg rating — 22,813 ratings — published 1993 — 63 editions
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Mr Gwyn

4.09 avg rating — 8,890 ratings — published 2011 — 58 editions
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Castelli di rabbia

3.77 avg rating — 8,385 ratings — published 1991 — 70 editions
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Omero, Iliade

3.69 avg rating — 7,593 ratings — published 2004 — 65 editions
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Tre volte all'alba

3.70 avg rating — 6,785 ratings — published 2012 — 47 editions
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City

3.74 avg rating — 4,562 ratings69 editions
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Emmaus

3.31 avg rating — 4,324 ratings — published 2009 — 50 editions
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La Sposa giovane

3.48 avg rating — 3,902 ratings — published 2015 — 44 editions
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“It's a strange grief… to die of nostalgia for something you you will never live.”
Alessandro Baricco, Silk

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

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

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July Short Story/Novella Poll

Goblin Market by Christina Rossetti, 70 pages, 1862
 
  38 votes, 22.2%

Brokeback Mountain by Annie Proulx, 55 pages, 1997
 
  34 votes, 19.9%

The Misanthrope by Molière, 64+ pages, 1666
 
  27 votes, 15.8%

 
  25 votes, 14.6%

The Machine Stops by E.M. Forster, 48 pages, 1909
 
  20 votes, 11.7%

The 13 Clocks by James Thurber, 128 pages, 1950
 
  15 votes, 8.8%

Silk by Alessandro Baricco, 91 pages, 1996
 
  12 votes, 7.0%

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