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Title: Modern Nature: The Journals of Derek Jarman
Author: JARMAN DEREK
Illustrator: INTRO: OLIVIA LAING
Format: PAPERBACK
Publication date: 02/07/2018
Imprint: VINTAGE
Price: $23.00
Publishing status: Active
WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION BY OLIVIA LAING
In 1986 Derek Jarman discovered he was HIV positive and decided to make a garden at his cottage on the bleak coast of Dungeness. Facing an uncertain future, he nevertheless found solace in nature, growing all manner of plants. While some perished beneath wind and sea-spray others flourished, creating brilliant, unexpected beauty in the wilderness.
Modern Nature is both a diary of the garden and a meditation by Jarman on his own life- his childhood, his time as a young gay man in the 1960s, his renowned career as an artist, writer and film-maker. It is at once a lament for a lost generation, an unabashed celebration of gay sexuality, and a devotion to all that is living.
ISBN: 9781784873875
Pages: 336