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<p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;karel Capek's <i>the Gardener's Year</i> Is A Timeless Classic Of Wit And Wisdom, Sure To Capture The Heart And Imagination Of Every Gardener&#8212;indeed, Everyone Who Has Pursued Any Hobby With A Passion That Occasionally Overrides Good Common Sense. Originally Published More That Fifty Years Ago In Czechoslovakia, It Transcends The Years With Grace And Ease. Whether Capek Is Talking About The Lack Or Surfeit Of Rain, The Fruitless Search For Space To Plant Just A Few More Perennials, Or The Unfathomable Mystery Of The Green Thumb, His Words Strike Chord Upon Chord Within Every Gardener, In Every Time And Place. Fifty-eight Sprightly Drawings By Karel Capek's Brother Josef Capek, Lend Themselves Perfectly To The Artful Simplicity And Humour Of This Book.<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;through The Year, Capek Does Battle With The Garden Hose, Learns The Value Of Patience In Spring, Prays To The Lord For Rain (but Only On Certain Parts Of The Garden, Please), Buys Far Too Many Plants At Every Opportunity, Curses Raspberry Canes That Invade From His Neighbor's Garden, Routs Stones From The Soil (they Seem To Grow From Spores), And Agonizes Continually About

Author

Karel Čapek

Publisher

The University of Winsconsin Press

Published

1984

Language

EN

ISBN

9780299100209

Subjects

Agriculture, Literary Fiction, Political Science

Rating

4.1 / 5 (42 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14