书目

The Gardener's Year

内容简介

FromtheinternationallyacclaimedCzechwriterKarelCapekcomesthisbeautifullywrittenandmarvelouslyaptaccountofthetrialsandtribulationsofthegardener’slife.FirstpublishedinPraguein1929,TheGardener’sYearcombinesarichlycomicportraitoflifeinthegarden,narratedmonthbymonth,withaseriesofdelightfulillustrationsbytheauthor’solderbrotherandcollaborator,Josef.Capek’sgardeners—alltoohuman,despitetheirloftyaspirations—oftenlookthefool,whethertheybefoundsoppingwet,victimsofthecobralikewaterhose,orhunchedover,handsimmersedinthesoil,“presentingtheirrumpstothesplendidazuresky.”Intheirrepeatedfolly,Capekgivesusnotonlycauseforlaughterbutalso,intheend,“testimonyoftheimperishableandmiraculousoptimismofthehumanrace.”ThisModernLibraryeditionispublishedwithanewIntroductionbyVerlynKlinkenborg,aNewYorkTimeseditorialistandtheauthorofMakingHayandTheLastFineTime.

作者简介

KarenCapekiswidelyconsideredthegreatestCzechauthorofthefirsthalfofthetwentiethcentury.Anovelist,short-storywriter,playwright,andessayist,hewasastrongdissidentvoiceduringtheperiodoffascistbuildupinEuropebetweentheWorldWars.MostfamousforhisplayR.U.R.,whichcoinedtheword“robot,”hewroteanumberofsatires,aswellastheutopianfantasynovelWarwiththeNewts.Hediedin1938.MichaelPollanistheauthoroftheNewYorkTimesbestsellerTheBotanyofDesireandSecondNature,namedoneofthebestgardeningbooksofthetwentiethcenturybytheAmericanHorticulturalSociety.HeisacontributingeditortoHarper’smagazineandacontributingwriteratTheNewYorkTimesMagazine.PollanchosethebooksfortheModernLibraryGardeningseriesbecause,ashewrites,“thesewritersaresomeofthegreattalkersintherich,provocative,andfrequentlyuproariousconversationthat,metaphoricallyatleast,hasbeentakingplaceoverthebackfenceofourgardensatleastsincethetimeofPliny.”,,,,

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Modern Library Gardening

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