Pharmacopoeia
A Dungeness Notebook
$22.94
- Paperback
160 pages
- Release Date
16 March 2022
Summary
A beautiful, full-colour compendium of Derek Jarman’s writing on nature, gardening and life in Dungeness.
‘I planted a dog rose. Then I found a curious piece of driftwood and used this, and one of the necklaces of holey stones on the wall, to stake the rose. The garden had begun. I saw it as a therapy and a pharmacopoeia.’
In 1986 artist and filmmaker, Derek Jarman, bought Prospect Cottage, a Victorian fisherman’s hut on the desert sands of Dungeness. It was to be a home and r…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781784877330 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1784877336 |
| Author: | Derek Jarman |
| Publisher: | Vintage Publishing |
| Imprint: | Vintage Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 160 |
| Release Date: | 16 March 2022 |
| Weight: | 300g |
| Dimensions: | 199mm x 132mm x 17mm |
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About The Author
Derek Jarman
Derek Jarman was born in London in 1942. His career spanned decades and genres, from painter, theatre designer, director, film maker, to poet, writer, campaigner and gardener. His features include Sebastiane (1976), Jubilee (1978), Caravaggio (1986), The Last of England (1987), Edward II (1991) and Blue (1993). His paintings - for which he was a Turner Prize nominee in 1986 - continue to be exhibited worldwide, and his garden in Dungeness remains a site of pilgrimage to fans and newcomers alike.
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