Jamaica Kincaid

An Encyclopedia of Gardening for Colored Children (eBook, ePUB)

Illustrator: Walker, Kara

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

A unique collaboration from two of America's leading artists that explores the fascinating and hidden history of the plant world.

In this witty, deeply original book, the renowned novelist Jamaica Kincaid offers an ABC of the plants that define our world and reveals the often brutal history behind them.

Kara Walker, one of America's greatest visual artists, illustrates each entry with provocative, brilliant, enthralling, many-layered watercolors.

There has never been a book like An Encyclopedia of Gardening for Colored Children-so inventive, surprising, and telling about what our gardens reveal.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
• Seitenzahl: 96
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Mai 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780374608262
• Artikelnr.: 68576404

Autorenporträt

Jamaica Kincaid was born in St. John's, Antigua. Her books include At the Bottom of the River, Annie John, Lucy, The Autobiography of My Mother, My Brother, Mr. Potter, and See Now Then. She lives in Vermont.

Kara Walker is best known for her candid investigation of race, gender, sexuality, and violence through silhouetted figures. She was awarded a MacArthur Fellowship in 1997 and a United States Artists Fellowship in 2008. Her work can be found in museums throughout the world, including the Guggenheim, MoMA, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the Tate Modern. She lives in New York.