{"product_id":"the-gardeners-year-paperback","title":"The Gardener's Year - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKarel Capek\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJosef Capek\u003c\/b\u003e (Illustrator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis very entertaining volume with its delightfully humorous pictures should be read by all gardeners. -- \u003ci\u003eNature\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMr. Čapek writes with sympathy, understanding, and humor. -- \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eHas a mellowness and a charm that give it a high place in the humorous literature of gardening ... will delight the amateur gardener, and indeed everyone else. -- \u003ci\u003eSaturday Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe creator of this book is best known internationally as the author of \u003ci\u003eR.U.R., \u003c\/i\u003e the science-fiction play that introduced the term robot to the world. Karel Čapek's satiric gifts take a different turn in this impishly comic book, which recounts the trials, labors, joys, and meditations of the amateur gardener.\u003cbr\u003eRather than a how-to book, Čapek's volume offers a lighthearted mock-treatise on the pains and rewards of tending a small and resistant garden plot. From January to December, the author and his brother, illustrator Josef Čapek, trace the vagaries of the amateur horticulturist's year, with brief side notes on seeds, the soil, plants, the beauties of autumn, and other aspects of gardening. Fifty-nine delightful drawings complement this book, which will amuse readers with and without green thumbs.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eCzech writer Karel Čapek (1890-1938) is best known as the author of \u003ci\u003eR.U.R., \u003c\/i\u003ethe play that coined the term robot and a seminal work of science fiction. Ardently opposed to fascism and communism, Čapek was an active journalist as well as a versatile writer whose works encompassed novels, modern fairy tales, detective stories, and translations of French poetry.\u003cbr\u003ePoet and painter Josef Čapek (1887-1945) frequently collaborated with his brother Karel in the writing of plays and short stories. Upon Germany's 1939 invasion of Czechoslovakia, his outspoken opposition to Nazism led to his arrest and imprisonment, and he died within days of the liberation of the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 112\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.2 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 13, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47272950726905,"sku":"9780486817248","price":9.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/cjlPcE0xem44a0RzM0VZd0ZydWJYdz09.webp?v=1768950947","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/the-gardeners-year-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}