Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life - Couverture souple

Kingsolver, Barbara; Kingsolver, Camille; Hopp, Steven L.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0060852569 ISBN 13 : 9780060852566

Editeur : Harper Perennial, 2008

Synopsis

Animal,Vegetable,Miracle In her first full-length nonfiction narrative, bestselling author Kingsolver opens readers' eyes in a hundred new ways to an old truth: you are what you eat. The bestselling author returns with a wise and compelling celebration of family, food, nature, and community.

A propos du livre

Revue de presse :

“Charming, zestful, funny and poetic...a serious book about important problems.” (Washington Post Book World)

“Charming . . . Literary magic . . . If you love the narrative voice of Barbara Kingsolver, you will be thrilled.” (Houston Chronicle)

“ANIMAL, VEGETABLE, MIRACLE makes an important contribution to the chorus of voices calling for change.”” (Chicago Tribune)

“If you...buy...one book this summer, make it this one...As satisfying and complete as a down home supper.” (Tucson Citizen)

“Engaging...Absorbing...Lovely food writing...[Kingsolver] succeeds at adopting the warm tone of a confiding friend.” (Corby Kummer, New York Times Book Review)

“A lovely book. ” (Los Angeles Times)

“[Written] with passion and hope...This novelist paints a compelling big picture-broad and ambitious, with nary an extraneous stroke.” (Rocky Mountain News)

“Homespun, unassuming, informed, positive, inspiring. . . . Unstinting in its concerns about this imperiled planet.” (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)

“A profound, graceful, and literary work . . . Timeless. . . . It can change who you are.” (Rick Bass, Boston Globe)

“Classy and disarming, substantive and entertaining, earnest and funny....Kingsolver takes the genre to a new literary level.” (Publishers Weekly (starred review))

Quatrième de couverture :

When Barbara Kingsolver and her family moved from suburban Arizona to rural Appalachia, they took on a new challenge: to spend a year on a locally produced diet, paying close attention to the provenance of all they consumed. Concerned about the environmental, social, and physical costs of American food culture, they hoped to recover what they consider our nation’s lost appreciation for farms and the natural processes of food production. Since 2007, their experiment has evolved enormously. In this special anniversary edition, featuring a new epilogue by the entire Kingsolver family, they discuss how the project has grown. Not only have they incorporated their food values into all of their lives, but Steven now runs a farm-to-table restaurant and community development venture that trains young farmers in their area to move into sustainable food production.

With Americans’ growing worry about the toll of an industrial food system on their health and environment, the Kingsolver family’s experiences and observations remain just as relevant today as they were ten years ago. Animal, Vegetable, Miracle is a modern classic that will endure for years to come.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Harper Perennial
• Date d'édition: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0060852569
• ISBN 13: 9780060852566
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 400