books by Alessandro Baricco

books by Alessandro Baricco

books:

Alessandro Baricco

Alessandro Baricco

Vintage, 2003

Playground
Not even the saddnes you may feel or perhaps some tracts of joy, can ever prepare you for the impact this book'll have on you. You will feel it, you will feel every word, every imaginary friend that you might have had trought out your lifetime will emerge again and ...

An Iliad (Vintage International)

Alessandro Baricco

Vintage, 2007

Powerful, moving, timely
Powerful, moving, timely, and beautiful. Recommended reading for all those who appreciate history and all those who need to learn to appreciate how today's generations continue to repeat the tragedies of the past. Baricco ends his book with a challenge to us all. ...

Ocean Sea

Alessandro Baricco, Alastair McEwen

Vintage, 2000

Wonderful.
Lovely, simple, complex, lyrical, sweet, distressing, etc. I've never read anything quite like this small but intrictly crafted tapestry of words. Alessandro Baricco -- do you take on writing students? I would love to write like this.

Next: Sobre la Globalizacion y el Mundo Que Viene (Compactos Anagrama)
Alessandro Baricco

Editorial Anagrama, 2005

Lands of Glass
Alessandro Baricco, Alastair McEwen

Hamish Hamilton Ltd, 2002

Without Blood

Alessandro Baricco

Knopf, 2004

Disappointing but powerful
This novel is disappointing beside Baricco's Silk and Ocean Sea but is still well worth a read. The clarity and "rightness" of his prose continues to create very enjoyable reading. The first half of the book sets the stage - a political murder of father and brother ...

Seta (Scala)
Alessandro Baricco

BUR Biblioteca Univ Rizzoli, 2000

Silk

Alessandro Baricco

Vintage, 2007

Poetic and sensual
`Silk' by Alessandro Baricco is a poetic, sensual novel set in 1862, France. The book is moderately short, but the quality of the writing transports you with the descriptions of beauty and eroticism. This is the tale of Hervé Joncour, a silkworm merchant who is ...

NOVECENTO, Un Monologo

Alessandro Baricco

Feltrinelli, 1998

Baricco is back to Ocean and Music
Novecento contains all the originality of baricco, enhancing his sense of humor and creating an unforgettable character. Born on a ship, pianist Novecento is the typical man on the 1900s literature: unlike the 1800s literary traveler, Novecento loves his ship and is ...

Cult Of Vespa

Umberto Eco, Omar Calabrese, ...

Gingko Press, 2001

Il Mito di Vespa
Yes, boring guy is right. If you've never been on a real vespa, or is you've only driven one on the freeway in Houston, this may be boring, but anyone who's ever taken to the road on a proper bike will love the photos alone. It chronicals a lifestyle and trying to ...

Sin Sangre / Without Blood

Alessandro Baricco

Quinteto, 2007

Escalofriante
Alessandro Baricco con su estilo rápido y conciso, nos narra una extraordinaria novelasobre las secuelas que deja la vivencia de una guerra civil. ¿Dónde se libro la guerra? No importa, pudo haber sido en España, Italia, Rumania, el mismo autor explica que utilizó ...