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By hunting only for the free PDF, you are becoming Hervé Joncour: obsessed with acquiring a ghost, ignoring the legitimate, beautiful copy sitting on the shelf of your local bookstore. When a plague devastates European silkworms, Joncour is
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When a plague devastates European silkworms, Joncour is forced to travel to Japan—a country then closed to foreigners—to smuggle out healthy eggs. The Encounter:
The story explores the tension between his real, stable love for Hélène and his idealized, impossible desire for the "Other" in Japan. PDF and Reading Resources
By hunting only for the free PDF, you are becoming Hervé Joncour: obsessed with acquiring a ghost, ignoring the legitimate, beautiful copy sitting on the shelf of your local bookstore.
, a French merchant who makes a living buying and selling silkworm eggs. Parla Italiano The Journey: