Anatomy of a Rose (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)
At a glance:
- Author: Sharman Apt Russell
- First Published: 2001
- Type of Work: Natural history
- Genres: Nonfiction, Essays
- Subjects: Beauty, Flowers, Human behavior, Plants, Gardens or gardening, Botany or botanists, Natural history, Odors, Roses
Sharman Apt Russell has labored long and with some success as a writer about the natural world. In her latest work, she seems to have discovered a subject that arouses both her scientific bent and her penchant for lyricism. Anatomy of a Rose is not, however, an exercise in prolonged meditation. A slim 214 illustrated pages (23 of them devoted to an extensively annotated bibliography and 15 to a fairly complete index) utilizing the “trim grace and virility” of Fairfield typeface and presented in a 4.5-by-7-inch format, the book is clearly meant to be a package as precious and...
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