Fredrik Sjberg's Swedish bestseller about summer,islands,freedom and boundaries.'The light,the warmth,the smells,the mist,the birdsong - the moths. Who can sleep Who wants to'Fredrik Sjberg finds happiness in the little things. Millions of them,in fact. This beguiling bestseller is his unique meditation on collecting hoverflies. It is also about living on a remote Swedish island,blissful long summer nights,lost loves,unexpected treasures,art,nature,slowness,and how freedom can come from the things we least expect.'Full of charm,a book about how to find meaning in life'Melissa Harrison,The Times,Books of the Year'I often return to The Fly Trap,it remains close to my heart. The minute observations from nature that reveal sudden insights into one's life. Sometimes I almost think that he wrote it for me'Tomas Transtrmer,winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature'Charming,witty and original'Patrick Barkham,Guardian'Nature writing that can laugh at itself,a real tonic'Gregory Day,Sydney Morning Herald'Delightful,at once informative and often humorously digressive...a humane man of wide-ranging curiosity,Sjberg writes with infectious passion'Paul Binding IndependentFredrik Sjberg collects hoverflies on the island Runmar,in the archipelago east of Stockholm. He is also a literary critic,translator,cultural columnist and the author of several books including The Art of Flight and The Raisin King,which form a trilogy with The Fly Trap.
Publisher: Penguin Books LtdISBN: 9781846147784Number of pages: 288Weight: 268 gDimensions: 198 x 129 x 21 mm
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Charming,witty and original...a sly challenge to virtually every contemporary orthodoxyIts joy lies in Sjberg's loose-limbed prose...at once whimsical and yet laden with erudition and a deep feeling for the natural world and our place in itDelightful,at once informative and often humorously digressive...a humane man of wide-ranging curiosity,Sjberg writes with infectious passionSubtle,convincing...Sjberg thrives in the indistinct boundary between science and literatureA quirky tapestry...an enjoyable if wayward taleEntertaining . . .iconoclastic...the writing is whimsical,digressive and pleasingly devoid of anything too weighty or purposeful
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