The Fruit Hunters: A Story of Nature, Adventure, Commerce, and Obsession - Couverture souple

Gollner, Adam Leith

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1476704996 ISBN 13 : 9781476704999

Editeur : Scribner, 2013

Synopsis

Rare Book

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

This vivid and unforgettable expedition through the world of exotic fruit, from an author with “the talents of a food writer, investigative journalist, poet, travel writer, and humorist” (The New York Times Book Review), is being made into a documentary starring Bill Pullman.

A vivid and unforgettable expedition through the world of exotic fruit, The Fruit Hunters is the engrossing story of some of Earth’s most desired foods told by an intrepid journalist and keen observer of nature—both human and botanical.

Delicious, lethal, hallucinogenic and medicinal, fruits have led nations to war, fueled dictatorships and lured people into new worlds. Adam Gollner examines the fruits we eat and explains why we eat them (the scientific, economic and aesthetic reasons); traces the life of mass-produced fruits (how they are created, grown and marketed) and explores the underworld of fruits that are inaccessible, ignored and even forbidden in the Western world. Peopled with a cast of characters as varied and bizarre as the fruit it discusses—smugglers, inventors, explorers and epicures—this extraordinary book can “fill a thousand and one summer nights with delightful reading” (The Miami Herald ).

Revue de presse :

“This is a fascinating chronicle of strange and wonderful food....Written with verve and ripe with detail, Gollner is certain to do for rare fruit what Susan Orlean did for rare orchids.” (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)

“Fascinating, sexy, dangerous and tasty.” (Chicago Sun-Times)

“You'll delight in Gollner's globe-trotting adventures seeking exotic produce.” (Entertainment Weekly)

“From the first page, exotic facts about fruit lead to hairpin turns into more exotic facts about fruit...a series of surprises, made delicious by a writer’s skill.” (Dallas Morning News)

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Scribner
• Date d'édition: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1476704996
• ISBN 13: 9781476704999
• Reliure: Paperback
• Nombre de pages: 304