Synopses & Reviews
It is seldom that a practical guide to gardening attains the level of a literary masterpiece, still more seldom that a book on gardening can amuse and instruct even those who have no garden to plant., nor the faintest interest in acquiring one. The Gardener's Year is a charismatic product of Karel Capek's genius: amusing, informative, and full of a quizzical interest in people, animals and plants.In this new version, Geoffrey Newsome -the highly acclaimed translator of Capek's witty Letters from England -has captured the grace and irony of the original Czech, to produce a volume that will be treasured equally by those who love gardening as a relaxation, by those who loathe it as a chore, and by those who have no interest in it whatsoever.
Synopsis
It is seldom that a practical guide to gardening attains the level of a literary masterpiece, still more seldom that a book on gardening can amuse and instruct even those who have no garden to plant., nor the faintest interest in acquiring one. The Gardener's Year is a charismatic product of Karel Capek's genius: amusing, informative, and full of a quizzical interest in people, animals and plants.
In this new version, Geoffrey Newsome -the highly acclaimed translator of Capek's witty Letters from England -has captured the grace and irony of the original Czech, to produce a volume that will be treasured equally by those who love gardening as a relaxation, by those who loathe it as a chore, and by those who have no interest in it whatsoever.
Table of Contents
ForewordTranslator's noteHow Gardens Are Laid OutHow a Gardener Comes into BeingThe Gardner's JanuarySeedsThe Gardner's FebruaryOn the Art of GardeningThe Gardner's MarchBudsThe Gardner's AprilFestivalThe Gardner's MayBlessed RainThe Gardner's JuneOn Vegetable GrowersThe Gardner's JulyA Botanical ChapterThe Gardner's AugustOn Cactus GrowersThe Gardner's SeptemberSoilThe Gardner's OctoberOn the Beauties of AutumnThe Gardner's NovemberPreparationThe Gardner's DecemberOn the Gardening LifeExplanatory NotesAfterwordA Chronology of Karel CapekA Brief Chronology of Josef Capek