Light Rains Sometimes Fall
A British Year in Japan’s 72 Seasons
$28.16
- Paperback
272 pages
- Release Date
3 November 2022
Summary
Across seventy-two short chapters and twelve months, writer and nature lover Lev Parikian charts the changes that each of Japan’s ancient microseasons (of a just a few days each) bring to his local British patch – garden, streets, park and wild cemetery.
From the birth of spring (risshun) in early February to ‘the greater cold’ (daikan) in late January, Lev draws our eye to the exquisite beauty of the outside world, day-to-day.
Instead of Japan’s lotus blosso…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781783966387 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1783966386 |
| Author: | Lev Parikian |
| Publisher: | Elliott & Thompson Limited |
| Imprint: | Elliott & Thompson Limited |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 272 |
| Release Date: | 3 November 2022 |
| Weight: | 318g |
| Dimensions: | 129mm x 198mm |
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Lev Parikian
Lev Parikian is a writer, birdwatcher, and conductor. He is the author of Into the Tangled Bank (2020) and Why Do Birds Suddenly Disappear? (2018). He lives in West London with his family, who are getting used to his increasing enthusiasm for nature. As a birdwatcher, his most prized sightings are a golden oriole in the Alpujarras and a black redstart at Dungeness Power Station.
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