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Garden of Reading: Contemporary Short Fiction About Gardeners and Gardening

Garden of Reading: Contemporary Short Fiction About Gardeners and Gardening

Current price: $14.95
Publication Date: January 31st, 2012
Publisher:
The Overlook Press
ISBN:
9781590207277
Pages:
272

Description

Eudora Welty, James Thurber, Doris Lessing, Lisa St. Aubin, Saki, V.S. Prichett, Colette, and Robert Graves are included, along with unexpected finds from Stephen King, J.G. Ballard, Sandra Cisneros, Jane Smiley, and Garrison Keillor, among others. The gardens featured in these stories are both cultivated and wild, while the gardeners can be lethal, lazy, rueful, or philandering. There are moments of nearly overpowering sensuousness, and there are moments of tenderness that will touch your heart. Whether you've nurtured a solitary houseplant on a windowsill, acres of glorious blooming flowerbeds, or simply a bright gleam of imagination, The Garden of Reading will remind you of the magic and wonder of the world around us.