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In Pollan's bestselling book Second Nature: A Gardener's Education, he illustrated his facility with both hoe and pen. In A Place of My Own he hefts the hammer and again records with great intelligence how thoroughly thought and reflection can be woven into our common lives and the patterns of a day's work. His book's subtitle, "An Education of an Amateur Builder," captures much of what this book contains: the lessons learned by a diligent student of architecture, design, and construction. The writing contains no gaps or unsightly seams, and it's full of clues to readers who share a similar desire to build something tangible in a world that prizes the evanescent.
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Book Description Paperback. Condition: Very Good. This is an account of a two-and-a-half-year journey of discovery, recounted in a narrative which intertwines the day-to-day work of design and building - from siting to blueprint, the pouring of foundations to finish carpentry - with reflections on everything from the way people invest a space with meaning to the question of what constitutes real work in a technological society. At a turning point in his life, writer Michael Pollan found himself dreaming of a small woodframe hut near his house, a place to work, but also a shelter for daydreams. Ordinarily more at home among words than things, the author was seized by the improbable idea of building the place himself, with his own unhandy hands. Pollan dramatizes the satisfactions of transforming a tree into a house, the power of place to shape people's lives, the warring perspectives of architect and carpenter (personified by two characters the narrator calls his prickly Virgils), and the philosophical significance of leaky roofs for contemporary architecture. Michael Pollan is the author of Second Nature. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. Seller Inventory # GOR001743357
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