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Chargement... Green Grows the City: The Story of a London Gardenpar Beverley Nichols
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Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. Auch dieses Buch ist schon in die Jahre gekommen und der Autor erzählt vom Erwerb eines Hauses mit einem sehr unglücklich geschnittenen Grundstück in London in den 1930ern. Nachdem er zuerst beschließt, das Grundstück zu ignorieren, findet er nach und nach Ideen, wie er aus einer nutzlosen Brache einen Garten anlegen kann. Offensichtlich verfügt der Autor über die nötigen finanziellen Mittel, seine Ideen auch immer sofort professionell umsetzen zu lassen. Sehr unterhaltsam und vergnüglich. Zu lernen gibt es aber nicht viel. ( ) A perfect Beverley book! http://kaggsysbookishramblings.wordpress.com/2013/11/28/recent-reads-green-grows... I have never had such a sustained smile while reading a book. I laughed out loud. Repeatedly. In public. This does not happen often when I read. This is my first foray into Beverley Nichols' writing, but I can't wait to read more. His wit and charming use of language, his deftness with a turn of phrase, I couldn't get enough. I've always had dreams of a small edible garden and I admire a good landscaping as much as the next, but I in no way share his passion for gardening. It's irrelevant. There's the expression, "I could listen to her sing the telephone book." I think I could read him writing about dust mites and I'd be thrilled. aucune critique | ajouter une critique
Anyone who has ever created a garden knows that it is a process replete with drama: there's the feverish excitement of drawing up plans and making lists of plants; the bleak depression of realizing that the plans will have to be altered; the "Eureka!" moment when a brilliant solution presents itself; the grim frustration of dealing with meddlesome neighbors and recalcitrant plants. For Beverley Nichols (1898-1983), making a new garden in a London suburb in the years just before World War II was positively operatic in its emotional trajectory. Fans of Beverley Nichols will find in Green Grows the City the same elements that have delighted them in his other books: the wit, the style, the cats, and of course Gaskin, gentleman's gentleman extraordinaire. Those new to Nichols are in for a rare treat. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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Google Books — Chargement... GenresClassification décimale de Melvil (CDD)712.6094212The arts Area planning and landscape architecture Landscape architecture / landscape design Private parks and grounds Home and Private Gardens of Particular Regions or Persons Home and Private Gardens of Europe Home and Private Gardens of England and Wales London City of LondonClassification de la Bibliothèque du CongrèsÉvaluationMoyenne:
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