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Bezig met laden... A Painter's Year in the Forests of Bhutandoor A. K. Hellum
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. This isn't the kind of book I'd normally pick up, but I'm glad I did. The author spent two years researching the flora of Bhutan, a tiny country tucked away in the Himalayas that most people have never heard of. His book is beautifully illustrated with intricate drawings of flowers from Bhutan, and much of text is details about the nation and its people, whose culture is vastly different from that of the West. (For instance, they measure Gross National Happiness instead of Gross Domestic Product. How cool is that?) I've been interested in Bhutan for over ten years now and I learned a lot from this book, even though the botany part didn't interest me. I would recommend this to anyone studying either Asian botany or Bhutan.
The whole is imbued with a Buddhist perception, and we are brought close to an understanding that plants and people, animals and earth are one, and without self. Reading this book is like reading someone’s beautifully illustrated personal journal…. [T]he paintings are beautifully done. Any reader who read this book and then visited Bhutan would immediately recognize these plants if he or she were lucky enough to happen upon them…. If you enjoy gorgeous botanical illustrations or gentle musings on small daily events, you will like this book.
This charming book records one man's philosophical journey into the little-known culture of Bhutan. The gently meandering text pauses to meditate on the mystery of the ordinary as revealed in the natural world, emerging into wisdom and enlightenment. Gorgeously illustrated with paintings of nearly 100 rarely seen Bhutanese plants. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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Google Books — Bezig met laden... GenresDewey Decimale Classificatie (DDC)581.95498Natural sciences and mathematics Plants Specific topics in natural history of plants Geographic Asia Indian SubcontinentLC-classificatieWaarderingGemiddelde:
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I enjoyed this book much more than I expected to. ( )