ENGLISH

Modern Nature

By DEREK JARMAN

Book information

Publisher
University of Minnesota Press
Year
2009
ISBN
081666594X, 9780816665945
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
13 MB (13956150 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
321\321
Scanned
yes
Time added
2016-01-20 00:06:02

Description

Controversial British filmmaker Jarman's third published journal more than matches the extraordinary quality of Dancing Ledge ( LJ 5/15/93) and At Your Own Risk ( LJ 12/92). This memoir covers 1989 and 1990. Diagnosed as HIV-positive four year earlier, Jarman tells of how he occupied himself with his garden at a cottage on the coast of Dungeness. Mixed with his descriptions of planting are fascinating bits of plant and flower lore. The author looks back to his childhood and the schools of the 1960s--as they actually were, instead of how the current nostalgia craze paints them. Candid, critical, and moving, Jarman uses words as skillfully as he does images in film, to evoke a scene or make a point. Though the abrupt ending leaves the reader hanging, this is a rare and marvelous book.

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