A Place of My Own: The Education of an Amateur Builder - Rilegato

Pollan, Michael

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ISBN 10: 0679415327 ISBN 13: 9780679415329

Casa editrice: Random House Inc, 1997

Riassunto

The author of Second Nature shares his philosophical reflections on the art of architecture, the craft of building, and the meaning of work as he describes his two-plus years of constructing a home, from siting to finish carpentry, on his own. 35,000 first printing.

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Recensione:

"A glorious piece of prose...Pollan leads readers on his adventure with humor and grace."
--Chicago Tribune

"A captivating and informative adventure."
--John Berendt, author of Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil

"An utterly terrific book...an inspired meditation on the complex relationship between space, the human body and the human spirit."
--Francine du Plessix Gray
From the Trade Paperback edition.

L'autore:

Michael Pollan is the author of the award-winning Second Nature: A Gardener's Education, which received the QPB New Visions prize in 1991. He is editor at large of Harper's Magazine and a contributing writer for The New York Times Magazine. Pollan lives in Cornwall Bridge, Connecticut, with his wife, the painter Judith Belzer, and their son, Isaac. His e-mail address is: pollan@aol.com.
From the Trade Paperback edition.

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• Editore: Random House Inc
• Data di pubblicazione: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0679415327
• ISBN 13: 9780679415329
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 320