The Fly Trap
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| Rating | : | 4.27 (589 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1504601475 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 1 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-06-16 |
| Language | : | English |
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H. From the everyday to the exotic, The Fly Trap revels in the wonders of the natural world.. Translated by Thomas Teal Read by Robert Fass A rare memoir of extraordinary, mesmerizing brilliance -- and a Swedish bestseller -- by an entomologist fascinated with the natural world and the hidden wonders of life, and which asks: What is it that drives the obsessively curious to exploration and the practice of collecting? Warm and humorous, self-deprecating and contemplative, The Fly Trap is a meditation on solitude, stillness, and the observation of beauty -- be it found among insects or in art. Lawrence, and the lives of collectors such as René Edmond Malaise, inventor of the Malaise trap. As confounded by his unusual love of collecting flies as anyone, Sjöberg pauses to reflect on a range of ideas -- the passage of time, art, freedom -- drawing into dialogue writers such as Bruce Chatwin and D. Weaving a fascinating web of associations, histories, and personal memories, the book begins with Fredrik Sjöberg's own experience as an entomologist on a tranquil, remote Swedish island and pulls in the tales of past heroic scientific expeditions to Burma and the wilderness of Kamchatka
Fredrik Sjöberg is an entomologist, literary critic, translator, cultural columnist, and the author of several books. He has written on everything from the history of the environmental movement to the insect collection of the Swedish poet Tomas Tranströmer. He lives with his family on the island Runmarö in the arch
Sometimes I almost think that Sjöberg wrote it for me.'' --Tomas Tranströmer, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature''A rare masterpiece…graceful, poetic, astonishing and - yes! - absolutely thrilling.'' --Morgenavisen Jyllands-Posten (Viby, Denmark) . Thomas Teal's translation captures Sjöberg's quiet, hypnotic style, his deadpan jokes.'' --Times Literary Supplement (UK)''Sjöberg writes with infectious passion.'' --Independent (UK)''Sjöberg traces a sort of erratic flight path of ideas and associations, at once whimsical and yet laden with erudition and a deep feeling for the natural world and our place in it.'' -
Dr-Bob-CS said Five Stars. Greatly enjoyed reading this book.. Loved it in all its simplicity yet complexity If you are interested in nature, Sweden or just life--The Fly Trap by Fredrik Sjoberg is a great read. The writing and how the author dealt with the story reminded me a bit of Oliver Sack's books or The Curse of the Labrador Duck: My Obsessive Quest to the Edge of Extinction except Sjoberg's passion is the Hoverfly.The book was originally published in Sweden (and in Swedish) in 200Loved it in all its simplicity yet complexity Deborah V If you are interested in nature, Sweden or just life--The Fly Trap by Fredrik Sjoberg is a great read. The writing and how the author dealt with the story reminded me a bit of Oliver Sack's books or The Curse of the Labrador Duck: My Obsessive Quest to the Edge of Extinction except Sjoberg's passion is the Hoverfly.The book was originally published in Sweden (and in Swedish) in 2004 and then in 2014 translated into English by Thomas Teal. Teal, in his translations, manages to infuse the story with Sjoberg's wry humor and dry wit which makes the stalking of hoverflies. and then in 201Loved it in all its simplicity yet complexity Deborah V If you are interested in nature, Sweden or just life--The Fly Trap by Fredrik Sjoberg is a great read. The writing and how the author dealt with the story reminded me a bit of Oliver Sack's books or The Curse of the Labrador Duck: My Obsessive Quest to the Edge of Extinction except Sjoberg's passion is the Hoverfly.The book was originally published in Sweden (and in Swedish) in 2004 and then in 2014 translated into English by Thomas Teal. Teal, in his translations, manages to infuse the story with Sjoberg's wry humor and dry wit which makes the stalking of hoverflies. translated into English by Thomas Teal. Teal, in his translations, manages to infuse the story with Sjoberg's wry humor and dry wit which makes the stalking of hoverflies. The man who never leaves his spot sees so much more We get delightful images of the author in these pages – standing perfectly still with his net amidst fig buttercups, marsh marigolds, cowslips and hepatica; setting up his oversized American Malaise fly trap in a creek; napping on the grass and moss in summer and with closed eyes hearing the singular buzz of the narcissus fly; rambling till dawn on his island in the Swedish Archipelago, savoring the warmth, the smells, the mists and the birdsong of a perfect summer nightFredrick Sjöberg is a hoverfly expert, but it soon becomes clear that he's also a gifte