The importance of the voice in Alessandro Baricco's novels «Silk» and «Sea-Ocean»

The article dedicated to the importance of the human voice and its opposition to silence, the author's attitude through the prism of the sound of the voices in Alessandro Baricco's novels. The subject is the literary techniques which Alessandro Baricco adds to express the sound in the written text. The object of the research is the original Italian texts "Silk" and "Sea - Ocean", published by the Rizzolli, which are compared with the Russian translation by Gennady Kiselyov. By analyzing original texts is possible to show the author's intention to make voices of the heroes not only the defining features of the character, but also an independent unit of a literary work. The article identifies the literary techniques which help Baricco to transmit a sound to a written text, shows the innovation of Alessandro Baricco's poetics, the syncretism of his literary works with music and theater, cinema and television. The author uses a textual analysis, compares the semantics and pragmatics of the original texts in Italian with their reflection in the translation into Russian. Semantic analysis reveals unique stylistic features and interrelationships with various types of art. The biographical method helps to understand the writer's desire to convey the sound of his voice in the written text most accurately. In conclusion of article the author stresses the importance of the opposition of speaker and listener, sound and silence. The author gives special philosophical meanings to the human voice. The sound of the voice in the written text is conveyed using a literary trope. The scientific novelty of the work is due to the intention to examine the little-studied aspects of Baricco's literary works related to his activities in the world of art and culture, going beyond literature. Purpose of the article's is to increase interest in the Baricco's works in various fields of art and culture, to identify the uniqueness of his novels.