En los años de entreguerras, un transatlántico, el Virginian, recorría las rutas entre Europa y América, con su carga de millonarios, de turistas, de emigrantes. En el Virginian tocaba cada noche un pianista extraordinario,...
¿Qué entendemos por globalización? ¿Es sólo un eslogan? ¿Es un paraíso inevitable o un infierno anunciado? ¿Pone en circulación ideas que cambian el curso de los acontecimientos o produce acon...
At the turn of the 20th Century, the great cruise liner Virginia shuttles back and forth across the Atlantic Ocean, transporting passengers from old Europe to the New World. When an abandoned baby is found on board the sailors christen Novecento - 1900....
Re-creates the siege of Troy through the voices of 21 Homeric characters. From the return of Chryseis to the burial of Hector, this work presents the events arranged not by the whims of the gods in this instance but by the dictates of human nature.
With Silk , his first novel to appear in English, Alessandro Baricco immediately proved himself to be a magical storyteller. With Ocean Sea , he has been acclaimed as the successor to Italo Calvino, and a major voice in modern literature.