Among Flowers, 9781529077025
Paperback
Himalayan trek for seeds, beauty, danger, and colonial echoes.

Among Flowers

$28.27

  • Paperback

    192 pages

  • Release Date

    10 October 2022

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Summary

Among Flowers: A Himalayan Memoir

In celebration of fifty years of Picador Books, journey into the heart of Nepal with Jamaica Kincaid’s acclaimed travel memoir. Among Flowers chronicles a breathtaking three-week trek through the Himalayas, as Kincaid and her companions seek exotic seeds for their gardens back home.

The natural world, especially plants and gardening, takes center stage in Kincaid’s narrative. She masterfully interweaves meditations on nature and stu…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781529077025
ISBN-10:1529077028
Series:Picador Collection
Author:Jamaica Kincaid
Publisher:Pan Macmillan
Imprint:Picador
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:192
Release Date:10 October 2022
Weight:146g
Dimensions:197mm x 130mm x 11mm
What They're Saying

Critics Review

Kincaid takes her authenticity with her wherever she goes…engaging and stealthily funny

Kincaid takes her authenticity with her wherever she goes…engaging and stealthily funny * San Francisco Chronicle *What a writer – elegant, uncompromising, simultaneously direct and layered and complex. – Ali SmithI’ve read everything by Jamaica Kincaid, and I’ve still never read anyone like her. If you are new to Kincaid, I envy you. – Jackie Kay

About The Author

Jamaica Kincaid

Jamaica Kincaid was born in St. John’s, Antigua. Her books include At the Bottom of the River, Annie John, Lucy, The Autobiography of My Mother, and My Brother. She lives with her family in Vermont.

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