{"product_id":"the-gardeners-year","title":"The Gardener's Year","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"tm-info-text-style\"\u003eTruly one of the most delightful books I've ever read, The Gardener's Year takes you through 12 months from the gardener's perspective, through aspirational plans to hard realities, with hilarious observations (and illustrations) that will have every gardener \u0026amp; plant lover feeling seen, for better or worse. Perfect light reading, with deeper observations underneath the humorous takes. Definitely an excellent gift for the gardener in your life!\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"tm-info-text-style\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"tm-info-text-style\"\u003eAuthor: \u003cspan\u003eKarel Capek\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"tm-info-text-style\"\u003eIntroduction by: \u003cspan\u003eVerlyn Klinkenborg\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"tm-info-text-style\"\u003eIllustrated by: \u003cspan\u003eJosef Capek\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"tm-info-text-style\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"tm-info-text-style\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eFrom the internationally acclaimed Czech writer Karel Capek comes this beautifully written and marvelously apt account of the trials and tribulations of the gardener’s life. First published in Prague in 1929, \u003ci\u003eThe Gardener’s Year\u003c\/i\u003e combines a richly comic portrait of life in the garden, narrated month by month, with a series of delightful illustrations by the author’s older brother and collaborator, Josef. Capek’s gardeners—all too human, despite their lofty aspirations—often look the fool, whether they be found sopping wet, victims of the cobralike water hose, or hunched over, hands immersed in the soil, “presenting their rumps to the splendid azure sky.” In their repeated folly, Capek gives us not only cause for laughter but also, in the end, “testimony of the imperishable and miraculous optimism of the human race.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis Modern Library edition is published with a new Introduction by Verlyn Klinkenborg, a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e editorialist and the author of \u003ci\u003eMaking Hay\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Last Fine Time\u003c\/i\u003e.\" -- Penguin Random House, Publisher\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Sage \u0026 Thistle Handmade Goods","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46947991978181,"sku":null,"price":22.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0316\/1076\/5447\/files\/IMG_6670.jpg?v=1789651490","url":"https:\/\/sageandthistlehandmade.ca\/products\/the-gardeners-year","provider":"Sage \u0026 Thistle Handmade Goods","version":"1.0","type":"link"}