{"product_id":"my-wild-garden-notes-from-a-writers-eden-hardcover","title":"My Wild Garden: Notes from a Writer's Eden - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMeir Shalev\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJoanna Chen\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA colorfully illustrated round of the season in the garden of the best-selling novelist, memoirist, and champion putterer with a wheelbarrow \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e On the perimeter of Israel's Jezreel Valley, with the Carmel mountains rising up in the west, Meir Shalev has a beloved garden, \"neither neatly organized nor well kept,\" as he cheerfully explains. Often covered in mud and scrapes, Shalev cultivates both nomadic plants and \"house dwellers,\" using his own quirky techniques. He extolls the virtues of the lemon tree, rescues a precious variety of purple snapdragon from the Jerusalem-Tel Aviv highway, and does battle with a saboteur mole rat. He even gives us his superior private recipe for curing olives. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Informed by Shalev's literary sensibility, his sometime riotous humor, and his deep curiosity about the land, \u003ci\u003eMy Wild Garden \u003c\/i\u003eabounds with appreciation for the joy of living, quite literally, on Earth. Our borrowed time on any particular patch of it is enhanced, the author reminds us, by our honest, respectful dealings with all manner of beings who inhabit it with us.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne of Israel's most celebrated novelists, \u003cb\u003eMEIR SHALEV \u003c\/b\u003ewas born in 1948 on Nahalal, Israel's first moshav. His books have been translated into more than twenty-five languages and his honors include the National Jewish Book Award and Israel's Brenner Prize for \u003ci\u003eA Pigeon and a Boy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJOANNA CHEN\u003c\/b\u003e is the translator of \u003ci\u003eLess Like a Dove\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eFrayed Light\u003c\/i\u003e. She is a columnist for the\u003ci\u003e Los Angeles Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eREFAELLA SHIR\u003c\/b\u003e is an Israeli artist who lives in Montreal. She studied art in Israel, Canada, and the United States and has exhibited internationally. Her work can be viewed at refaellashir.com.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.2 x 8.3 x 6.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 31, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51757627736352,"sku":"9780805243512","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/c534e94e08317854df45acaa74ecfc4b.webp?v=1780107189","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/my-wild-garden-notes-from-a-writers-eden-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}