"This tale of lost innocence is poignantly told, "written" by a self-aware narrator who seamlessly shifts perspectives, giving the impression of being every character as well as the storyteller."
--The New Yorker

"Opaque, fascinating and delicate, a story that will insidiously grow roots in your mind."
--Lovereading (UK)

"A luminous and alarming lesson on desire."
--La Stampa (Italy)

"It is a book about writing: about the relationship between the author's life, his state of mind, his craft and his material...Baricco had a fine old time giving this virtuouso literary performance."
--European Literature Network

Praise for Alessandro Baricco

"Silk has the brilliant colors . . . and the enchantment of a miniature. Vividly erotic."--Newsday

"Silk is a riveting, lyrical love story, an accomplished historical fiction, a compact, condensed . . . epic about human hearts in crisis."
--Alan Cheuse, All Things Considered

"Three Times at Dawn reads like the love child of Virginia Woolf and Haruki Murakami."
--Rachel Donadio, New York Times

"[Mr. Gwyn's] shifting perspectives and impressive handling of ambiguity make it an entirely beguiling read: a cerebral mystery contained with a tale of artistic struggle."
--Tobias Carroll, Star Tribune

"Silk is a heart-breaking love story . . . A stylistic tour de force [and] a literary gem of bewitching power."--The Sunday Times