Among Flowers: A Walk in the Himalaya [Lingua Inglese] - Brossura

Kincaid, Jamaica

Brossura

ISBN 10: 142620096X ISBN 13: 9781426200960

Casa editrice: Natl Geographic Society, 2007

Riassunto

In this delightful hybrid of a book—part memoir and part travel journal—the bestselling author takes us deep into the mountains of Nepal with a trio of botanist friends in search of native Himalayan plants that will grow in her Vermont garden. Alighting from a plane in the dramatic Annapurna Valley, the ominous signs of Nepal's Maoist guerrillas are all around—an alarming presence that accompanies the travelers throughout their trek. Undaunted, the group sets off into the mountains with Sherpas and bearers, entering an exotic world of spectacular landscapes, vertiginous slopes, isolated villages, herds of yaks, and giant rhododendron, thirty feet tall. The landscape and flora and so much else of what Kincaid finds in the Himalaya—including fruit bats, colorful Buddhist prayer flags, and the hated leeches that plague much of the trip—are new to her, and she approaches it all with an acute sense of wonder and a deft eye for detail. In beautiful, introspective prose, Kincaid intertwines the harrowing Maoist encounters with exciting botanical discoveries, fascinating daily details, and lyrical musings on gardens, nature, home, and family.

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Recensione:

"Travel writing at its best." —Sunday Times (London)

"Count on magic when you read Jamaica Kincaid." —Boston Globe

"There's tension, suspense and the exhilaration of discovery." —Dallas Morning News

L'autore:

Jamaica Kincaid was born in Antigua. Her books include At the Bottom of the River, Annie John, A Small Place, Lucy, The Autobiography of My Mother, My Brother, My Favorite Plant (as editor), My Garden (Book), Talk Stories, and Mr. Potter. At the Bottom of the River won the Morton Dauwen Zabel Award of the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, and was nominated for the PEN/ Faulkner Award. In 2000 she was awarded the Prix Femina Etranger for My Brother. Kincaid lives with her family in Vermont and in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

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• Editore: Natl Geographic Society
• Data di pubblicazione: 2007
• ISBN 10: 142620096X
• ISBN 13: 9781426200960
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 191