Sissinghurst: an Unfinished History: The Quest to Restore a Working Farm at Vita Sackville-West's Legendary Garden - Rilegato

Nicolson, Adam

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ISBN 10: 0670021733 ISBN 13: 9780670021734

Casa editrice: Viking Pr, 2010

Riassunto

The grandson of Virginia Woolf’s poet paramour Vita Sackville-West traces his passionate efforts to restore his family’s celebrated garden, an effort that included a reinstatement of a working farm to grow food for more than 200,000 annual visitors.

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Recensione:

"In his quest to restore his family home of Sissinghurst to its rightful place as a working farm and productive part of the England's food web, Nicolson creates a flawless narrative of enchantment, a bricolage of impermeable clay, crumbling castles, tucked away wildwoods, civic inertia, medieval history and a haunting childhood, as magical a work of art as his grandmother Vita Sackville-West's white garden."
-Paul Hawken, Author of Blessed Unrest and The Ecology of Commerce

"To see Vita Sackville-West's legendary garden return to life as an edible landscape fills me with hope. Adam Nicolson's determination to restore a working farm in complete harmony with one of the world's most famous and beautiful gardens is faithful not only to the memory of his family but also to the memory of the land itself. Sissinghurst: An Unfinished History has all the elements of a wonderful drama, but ultimately its message about the importance of good stewardship of the land and of nourishing the community prevails. It is clear that like his famous grandmother, Nicolson is a scribe of The Land."
-Alice Waters, Founder of Chez Panisse and Author of The Art of Simple Food and many Chez Panisse cookbooks

"This wise and tender book, unsentimentally devoted to the story of one tiny corner of old England, should touch each one of us who loves the wild magic that is land, landscape and the creatures that live there. On one level Sissinghurst is a charming portrait of an ancient and beautiful house in Kent; on another a poignant and amusing portrait of the English class system at full gallop. Most important, though, it is a clarion call for the preservation of all that is good, sensible and environmentally prudent about the farming ways of old, a cry that will linger for a long, long while."
-Simon Winchester, Author of The Professor and the Madman, The Map that Changed the World, and Krakatoa

Praise from the UK for Sissinghurst

"Unusual, impassioned and lucidly written."
-Sunday Telegraph

"Excellent...A clear-eyed picture."
-Guardian

"A wonderful book."
-Financial Times

"An expert at conveying the 'stuff' of place, [Adam] Nicolson is equally good with people...As Nicolson understands, places tell us about the people who walked them and the dreams they pursued."
-Times Literary Supplement

L'autore:

Adam Nicolson is the author of many books on history, travel, and the environment, including Seize the Fire, Quarrel with the King, and the New York Times bestseller God's Secretaries. He is the winner of the Royal Society of London's William Heineman Prize and the Ondaatje Prize and lives at Sissinghurst Castle in Kent, England.

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• Editore: Viking Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0670021733
• ISBN 13: 9780670021734
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 341