The Gardener's Year (Modern Library Gardening)

The Gardener's Year (Modern Library Gardening)

From the internationally acclaimed Czech writer Karel Capek comes this beautifully written and marvelously apt account of the trials and tribulations of the gardenerâ€™s life. First published in Prague in 1929, The Gardenerâ€™s Year combines a richly comic portrait of life in the garden, narrated month by month, with a series of delightful illustrations by the authorâ€™s older brother and collaborator, Josef. Capekâ€™s gardenersâ€”all too human, despite their lofty aspirationsâ€”often look the fool, whether they be found sopping wet, victims of the cobralike water hose, or hunched over, hands immersed in the soil, â€œpresenting their rumps to the splendid azure sky.â€ In their repeated folly, Capek gives us not only cause for laughter but also, in the end, â€œtestimony of the imperishable and miraculous optimism of the human race.â€

This Modern Library edition is published with a new Introduction by Verlyn Klinkenborg, a New York Times editorialist and the author of Making Hay and The Last Fine Time.
Country USA
Brand Modern Library
Manufacturer Modern Library
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 0375759484_used
Color Cream
ReleaseDate 2002-02-19
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780375759482

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