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Alessandro Baricco

Born

in Turin, Italy

January 25, 1958

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Literature & Fiction, Nonfiction

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Italo Calvino, J.D. Salinger, Gabriel García Márquez, Umberto Eco, Nik ...more

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Alessandro Baricco is an Italian writer, born at Torino in 1958. He's the author of several works, including the novels Lands of Glass (Selezione Campiello Award and Prix Médicis Étranger), Ocean Sea (Viareggio Prize), Silk, City, Emmaus or Mr. Gwyn, among others.

He is also the author of the majestic rewrite of Homer’s Iliad, the theatrical monologue Novecento, the essays Next: On Globalization and the World to Come or The Game.

Baricco hosted the book program "Pickwick" for Rai Tre, which, according to Claudio Paglieri, "invited Italians to rediscover the pleasure of reading." In 1994, he founded a school of "writing techniques" in Turin called Holden (as a tribute to Salinger), which, under his direction, has been a resounding success. Si ...more

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Alessandro Baricco’s books

Average rating: 3.89 · 236,888 ratings · 19,187 reviews · 91 distinct works • Similar authors

	Silk 3.85 avg rating — 72,082 ratings — published 1996 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Novecento. Un monologo 4.18 avg rating — 46,493 ratings — published 1994 — 18 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ocean Sea by Alessandro Baricco, Alastair McEwen 4.09 avg rating — 29,282 ratings — published 1993 — 116 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mr Gwyn 4.09 avg rating — 10,964 ratings — published 2011 — 62 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Castelli di rabbia 3.76 avg rating — 10,233 ratings — published 1991 — 71 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Omero, Iliade 3.70 avg rating — 9,858 ratings — published 2004 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tre volte all'alba 3.72 avg rating — 9,173 ratings — published 2012 — 46 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Without Blood 3.57 avg rating — 7,264 ratings — published 2002 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	City 3.73 avg rating — 5,221 ratings — published 1999 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	La Sposa giovane 3.50 avg rating — 4,915 ratings — published 2015 — 45 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Quotes by Alessandro Baricco (?)

“It's a strange grief… to die of nostalgia for something you you will never live.”
― Alessandro Baricco, Silk

tags: books

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“إنه ألمٌ غـريب , أن تموت من الحنين لشـيء.. لم تعشـه أبداً”
― Alessandro Baricco, Silk

tags: ح-رير

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“This is the seashore. Neither land nor sea. It’s a place that does not exist.”
― Alessandro Baricco, Ocean Sea

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Polls

Poll extended due to low votes.
May's genre is historical fiction. Get your vote in by Friday, April 14.

An Iliad

Alessandro Baricco

3 votes, 60.0%

The Dutch House

Ann Patchett

2 votes, 40.0%

The Wiregrass

Pam Webber

0 votes, 0.0%

The American Adventuress

C.W. Gortner

0 votes, 0.0%

5 total votes

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