"A glorious piece of prose . . . Pollan leads readers on his adventure
with humor and grace." --Chicago Tribune
A captivating personal inquiry into the art of architecture, the craft
of building, and the meaning of modern work
"A room of one's own: Is there anybody who hasn't at one time or
another wished for such a place, hasn't turned those soft words over
until they'd assumed a habitable shape?"
When Michael Pollan decided to plant a garden, the result was the
acclaimed bestseller Second Nature. In A Place of My Own, he turns
his sharp insight to the craft of building, as he recounts the process
of designing and constructing a small one-room structure on his rural
Connecticut property--a place in which he hoped to read, write, and
daydream, built with his own two unhandy hands.
Michael Pollan's unmatched ability to draw lines of connection between
our everyday experiences**--whether eating, gardening, or
building--and the natural world has been the basis for the popular
success of his many works of nonfiction, including the genre-defining
bestsellers The Omnivore's Dilemma and In Defense of Food. With this
updated edition of his earlier book A Place of My Own, readers can
revisit the inspired, intelligent, and often hilarious story of Pollan's
realization of a room of his own--a small, wooden hut, his "shelter
for daydreams"--**built with his admittedly unhandy hands. Inspired by
both Thoreau and Mr. Blandings, A Place of My Own not only works to
convey the history and meaning of all human building, it also marks the
connections between our bodies, our minds, and the natural world.
