Author: Sjöberg, F.
Title: The Fly Trap
Description: Particular Books 2015 278, . . PB. Fine.. A mesmerising web of associations, 'The Fly Trap' begins with Fredrik Sjöberg's own experiences collecting hoverflies on a remote island in Sweden. His curiosity about the inventor of his fly trap leads him to rediscover the extraordinary life of a near-forgotten naturlist, René Malaise. The tale that Sjöberg unravels - of heroic expeditions to Burma and the wilderness of Kamchatka, of lost loves and uexpected treasures - leads him to reflect on life itself, on the natural world and how we learn to interpret it, on slowness, freedom and the bliss of limitation. [9781846147784]
Keywords: Biography; Entomology; Rene Malaise
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Title: The Fly Trap
Description: Particular Books 2015 278, . . PB. Fine.. A mesmerising web of associations, 'The Fly Trap' begins with Fredrik Sjöberg's own experiences collecting hoverflies on a remote island in Sweden. His curiosity about the inventor of his fly trap leads him to rediscover the extraordinary life of a near-forgotten naturlist, René Malaise. The tale that Sjöberg unravels - of heroic expeditions to Burma and the wilderness of Kamchatka, of lost loves and uexpected treasures - leads him to reflect on life itself, on the natural world and how we learn to interpret it, on slowness, freedom and the bliss of limitation. [9781846147784]
Keywords: Biography; Entomology; Rene Malaise
Price: GBP 7.99 = appr. US$ 11.41 Seller: Pemberley Natural History Books
- Book number: S49631
- Book number: S49631
See more books from our catalog: Entomology,General Entomology