The Fly Trap
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The Fly Trap by Fredrik Sjoberg
A rare memoir of extraordinary, mesmerizing brilliance--and a Swedish bestseller--by an entomologist fascinated with the natural world and the hidden wonders of life, and which asks: What is it that drives the obsessively curious to exploration and the practice of collecting?Warm and humorous, self-deprecating and contemplative, The Fly Trap is a meditation on solitude, stillness, and the observation of beauty--be it found among insects or in art. Weaving a fascinating web of associations, histories, and personal memories, the book begins with Fredrik Sjoberg's own experience as an entomologist on a tranquil, remote Swedish island and pulls in the tales of past heroic scientific expeditions to Burma and the wilderness of Kamchatka. As confounded by his unusual love of collecting flies as anyone, Sjoberg pauses to reflect on a range of ideas--the passage of time, art, freedom--drawing into dialogue writers such as Bruce Chatwin and D. H. Lawrence, and the lives of collectors such as Rene Edmond Malaise, inventor of the Malaise trap.From the everyday to the exotic, The Fly Trap revels in the wonders of the natural world.
Fredrik Sjöberg is an entomologist and lives with his family on the island of Runmarö, in the archipelago east of Stockholm. He is also a literary critic, translator, cultural columnist, and the author of several books.
| SKU | Nicht verfügbar |
| ISBN 13 | 9781101870150 |
| ISBN 10 | 110187015X |
| Titel | The Fly Trap |
| Autor | Fredrik Sjoberg |
| Buchzustand | Nicht verfügbar |
| Verlag | Pantheon Books |
| Erscheinungsjahr | 2015-06-02 |
| Seitenanzahl | 288 |
| Hinweis auf dem Einband | Die Abbildung des Buches dient nur Illustrationszwecken, die tatsächliche Bindung, das Cover und die Auflage können sich davon unterscheiden. |
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