The Price of Water in Finistere
The Price of Water in Finistere
Regular price
Checking stock...
Regular price
Checking stock...
Summary
Provides observations on a range of subjects such as: how not to buy plants, the elicit pleasures of bargain-hunting, the misery of writer's block, social democracy, racism, tulipomania, the stubbornness of bank managers, and more. This book offers reader a window onto a solitary life.
The feel-good place to buy books
- Free US shipping over $15
- Buying preloved emits 41% less CO2 than new
- Millions of affordable books
- Give your books a new home - sell them back to us!
The Price of Water in Finistere by Bodil Malmsten
Provides observations on a range of subjects such as: how not to buy plants, the elicit pleasures of bargain-hunting, the misery of writer's block, social democracy, racism, tulipomania, the stubbornness of bank managers, and more. This book offers reader a window onto a solitary life.
Lively, enchanting and deeply serious..Abounds in wonderful descriptions of her intimate relationships with plant-life, and in seascapes...Extremely funny * Guardian *
Hilarious, heartwarming and movingly honest. This is a book about self-exile and creation that only a poet could write -- Adam Thorpe
I loved the comments about English gardening as preposterous, and her ability to conjure so much out of so little without ever leaving her garden... Truly wonderful -- Gerard Woodward
Lyrical and pithy, full of wry humour, yet weightier than most fat tomes, The Price of Water in Finistère is a book about the past and the state of the world we have created... I adored it -- Lisa Appignanesi
Hilarious, heartwarming and movingly honest. This is a book about self-exile and creation that only a poet could write -- Adam Thorpe
I loved the comments about English gardening as preposterous, and her ability to conjure so much out of so little without ever leaving her garden... Truly wonderful -- Gerard Woodward
Lyrical and pithy, full of wry humour, yet weightier than most fat tomes, The Price of Water in Finistère is a book about the past and the state of the world we have created... I adored it -- Lisa Appignanesi
Born in Jämtland in northern Sweden, Bodil Malmsten lived in Stockholm for 40 years before moving to Brittany in 2000. Having started out as a children's author, she turned to TV and radio, then to writing, translating and directing plays for TV and the stage, including work by Joe Orton. Her first book of poems, published in 1977, was followed by six further collections and two volumes of short stories. Malmsten is active as a journalist and public speaker, and is also the author of three prize-winning novels.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780099466673 |
| ISBN 10 | 0099466678 |
| Title | The Price of Water in Finistere |
| Author | Bodil Malmsten |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Vintage Publishing |
| Year published | 2006-02-02 |
| Number of pages | 224 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |