{"product_id":"among-flowers","title":"Among Flowers","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn this acclaimed travel memoir Jamaica Kincaid chronicles a spectacular and exotic three-week trek through the Himalayan land of Nepal, where she and her companions are gathering seeds for planting at home.\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe natural world and, in particular, plants and gardening are central to Kincaid's work. \u003cem\u003eAmong Flowers\u003c\/em\u003e intertwines meditations on nature and stunning descriptions of the Himalayan landscape with observations on the ironies, difficulties and dangers of this magnificent journey.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFor Kincaid and three botanist friends, Nepal is a paradise, a place where a single day's hike can traverse climate zones, from subtropical to alpine, encompassing flora suitable for growing at their homes, from Wales to Vermont. Yet as she makes clear, there is far more to this foreign world than rhododendrons that grow thirty feet high. Danger, too, is a constant companion \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e– and the leeches are the least of their worries.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eUnpredictable Maoist guerrillas live in these perilous mountains, and when they do appear \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e– as they do more than once \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e– their enigmatic presence lingers long after they have melted back into the landscape. And Kincaid, who writes of the looming, lasting effects of colonialism in her works, necessarily explores the irony of her status as memsahib with Sherpas and bearers. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eA wonderful blend of introspective insight and beautifully rendered description, \u003cem\u003eAmong Flowers\u003c\/em\u003e is a vivid, engrossing, and characteristically frank memoir from one of the most striking voices in contemporary literature.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jamaica Kincaid","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43259183005953,"sku":"9781529077025","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0573\/8600\/8738\/files\/websitecovertemplate-2023-07-01T162522.592.png?v=1688225330","url":"https:\/\/rarebirdsbooks.live\/products\/among-flowers","provider":"Rare Birds Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}