I have never heard of this film and watched it only because I was bored and it was on cable. Man, what a wonderful story. I want to read it, and perhaps suggest it to my book group. I looked up Alessandro Baricco and see Novocentro but I see it only available in French and Italian. I do not see it in English. Is it available?
shareI can't answer your question whether it's available, but I warn you about one thing.
It's not quite "a book" as in a novel or such. It's a monologue written as a "play" for theatre. (And then adapted from that for the movie.)
made a quick research on amazon.com
these are Alessadnro Baricco's books translated in English - at least those showed in the site -:
SILK
AN ILIAD
OCEAN SEA
WITHOUT BLOOD
CITY