The Garden Against Time
£20.00
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As Olivia Laing recounts her restoration of a walled garden in Suffolk, she explores the abundant pleasures and possibilities of a garden. From Milton’s ‘Paradise Lost’ to Derek Jarman’s beachside utopia in Dungeness, Laing thoughtfully examines the vision of an Eden and reveals the power, politics and poetry behind creating a garden.
Dimensions
22cm (8in) x 13.5cm (5in)
Features
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As Olivia Laing recounts her restoration of a walled garden in Suffolk, she explores the abundant pleasures and possibilities of a garden. From Milton’s ‘Paradise Lost’ to Derek Jarman’s beachside utopia in Dungeness, Laing thoughtfully examines the vision of an Eden and reveals the power, politics and poetry behind creating a garden.
Insights
Olivia Laing is a widely acclaimed writer and critic. She’s the author of several books, including ‘The Lonely City’, ‘Everybody’ and ‘Funny Weather’. Her first novel, ‘Crudo’, was a Sunday Times top ten bestseller and won the 2019 James Tait Memorial Prize. Her work has been translated into twenty-one languages and in 2018 she was awarded a Windham-Campbell Prize for non-fiction.
Details & Care
- Publisher: Picador
- Hard cover
- Black & white illustrations
- Number of pages: 336 pages
- ISBN: 9781529066678
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