Botany of Desire

A Plant's-Eye View of the World

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Michael Pollan: Botany of Desire (2002, Bloomsbury Publishing Plc)

English language

Published Jan. 5, 2002 by Bloomsbury Publishing Plc.

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4 stars (1 review)

A Random House Trade Paperback

10 editions

The dance of plant and human desires

4 stars

The conceit - are plants using us more effectively than we use them? - still works over 20 years later. The stories still feel relevant even if they have since taken some unexpected turns. An interesting contrast to Camille Dungy's "Soil", but as a non-gardener they both have my admiration.

Subjects

  • Human-plant relationships
  • Ethnobotany
  • Nature, effect of human beings on