Title : The Little Silk Thief - José Frèches - Book
Summary :
A few silkworm eggs and mulberry seeds... and a secret jealously guarded in China for millennia will finally be leaked outside the Great Wall, leading to the fall of the powerful Han Dynasty.
It's the 3rd century AD, and the "little silk thief" is called the North Star. Threatened with death, this embroiderer with golden fingers will bring happiness to a little king of Khotan and wealth to this oasis, one of the oldest Buddhist countries.
His escape is the beginning of a dizzying cavalcade on the legendary Silk Road, an epic full of twists and turns, fury and sensuality, where the reader will meet, in turn, an old Taoist hermit, a general without fear or scruples, an autistic emperor and a formidable Persian woman.
With this novel, José Frèches shares his passion for China with us. He shows us how silk was, for all Chinese, a sacred fabric, a symbol of beauty and softness, but also of influence and domination.
Until a lightning strike comes and turns everything upside down...
A great novel at the heart of the mysteries of China
- EAN: 9782374481371
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