{"product_id":"garden-against-time-olivia-laing","title":"Garden Against Time - Olivia Laing","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Garden Against Time\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis the No.1\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ebestseller from acclaimed writer Olivia Laing; a passionate, epic exploration of the power and possibilities of gardens.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen Olivia Laing began to restore a walled garden in Suffolk, an overgrown Eden of unusual plants, the work drew them into an exhilarating investigation of paradise and its long association with gardens.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMoving between the real and the imagined, from Milton’s \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eParadise Lost\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eto a wartime sanctuary in Italy, to a grotesque aristocratic pleasure ground funded by slavery, Laing interrogates the sometimes shocking cost of making paradise on earth.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut the story of the garden can also be a place of rebel outposts and communal dreams, from the improbable queer utopia conjured by Derek Jarman on the beach at Dungeness to the vision of a common Eden cultivated by William Morris. New modes of living can and have been attempted amidst the flower beds, experiments that could prove vital in the coming era of radical change.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eReview\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLaing belongs in an as-yet-undefined and perhaps undefinable class of prose artists who blend feeling and analysis, speculation and research, wit and instruction as they track down the elusive patterns and inescapable contradictions of modern experience\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e ― \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBuzzing and epic . . . like all Laing’s works, this one is a joyful expansion on the meaning of the subject it undertakes . . . The history of gardens and gardening is a fascinating subject, but \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Garden Against Time\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e asks for more. Laing seeks a communal space where we can cherish what is most beautiful about being alive. The possiblities are what matter ― \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat a wonderful book this is. I loved the enchanting and beautifully written story but also the fascinating and thoughtful excursions along the way -- Nigel Slater\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA sharp and enthralling memoir of the garden’s contradiction: dream and reality, life and death, the fascination of cultivation and the political horrors that it can disguise -- Neil Tennant\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLaing probes important questions about land ownership and exclusion and the human drive to create paradise on earth. All the while, her elegant prose bewitches and beguiles. A truly wonderful read -- Sue Stuart-Smith, author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Well Gardened Mind\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNo one writes with more energy and ecstasy than Olivia Laing. This book is what we need right now: paradise, regained -- Philip Hoare\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book is as imaginatively structured and full of beauties and surprises as the garden whose creation it documents -- Lucy Hughes-Hallett, author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Pike: Gabriele D'Annunzio, Poet, Seducer and Preacher of War\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEvery generation gets one perfect book about gardens and this is ours -- Julia Bell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOlivia Laing is a marvellous writer. So prepare yourself to be enchanted -- Jilly Cooper\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe most magical writing, intimate, insightful, learned and brilliant -- Jeremy Lee, restaurateur and author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eCooking: Simply and Well, for One or Many\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn extraordinary and important work. I felt doubly alive after reading it. The book is an inspiration. -- Celia Paul, author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eSelf-Portrait \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOlivia Laing is a widely acclaimed writer and critic. They're the author of several books, including \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Lonely City, Everybody\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eand\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eFunny Weather\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. Their first novel, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eCrudo\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, was a \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e top ten bestseller and won the 2019 James Tait Memorial Prize. Their work has been translated into twenty-one languages and in 2018 they were awarded a Windham-Campbell Prize for non-fiction.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ctable border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"book_detail_table\"\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth\u003eVazba:\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eměkká\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth\u003ePočet stran:\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e336\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth\u003eFormát:\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e13 x 19,7 cm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth\u003eRok vydání:\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e2023\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"slovart","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51640227725652,"sku":"9781529066708","price":349.0,"currency_code":"CZK","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1538\/3583\/files\/Tereza_a927c8a1-da8b-4150-8675-937a040e0249.png?v=1745356201","url":"https:\/\/booktherapy.pl\/products\/garden-against-time-olivia-laing","provider":"Book Therapy","version":"1.0","type":"link"}