A captivating cultural and scientific history of orchards, for readers of Michael Pollan's The Botany of Desire and Mark Kurlansky's Salt.
Throughout history, orchards have nourished both body and soul: they are sites for worship and rest, inspiration for artists and writers, and places for people to gather. In Taming Fruit, award-winning writer Bernd Brunner interweaves evocative illustrations with masterful prose to show that the story of orchards is a story of how we have shaped n ...
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Taming Fruit
How Orchards Have Transformed the Land, Offered Sanctuary, and Inspired Creativity
Brunner, Bernd
Gebunden, 304 S.
Sprache: Englisch
8.75 in
Greystone Books (2021)
Gewicht: 894 g
ISBN-13: 978-1-77164-407-5
Titelnr.: 90423461