Alessandro Baricco

Alessandro Baricco was born in Turin in 1958. He is the author of six novels, including Silk and Without Blood, all of which have been translated into English. His latest novel, Questa Storia, was recently published to great acclaim in Italy, and he has also produced five collections of essays and a theatrical monologue.

Without Blood

‘Contained in theses few page is a complete portrait of what it means to be human, at our most elemental, and the effect is awesome.’ The Observer

An Iliad by Alessandro Baricco cover

Alessandro Baricco

Ocean Sea by Alessandro Baricco cover

Silk by Alessandro Baricco cover

Alessandro Baricco

“The sea, as the Baron saw from the geographer's charts, was far away. But above all – he saw in his dreams – it was terrible, exaggeratedly beautiful, terribly powerful, inhuman and inmical: marvellous.”

“The only visible sign of his power was a woman lying beside him, unmoving, her head resting on his lap, eyes closed, arms hidden under a loose red robe that spread around her, like a flame, on the ash-coloured mat”

Alessandro Baricco