Nosegay: a Literary Journey from the Fragrant to the Fetid

Nosegay: a Literary Journey from the Fragrant to the Fetid by FEIGEL LARA


ISBN
9781905847020
Published
Binding
Hardcover
Pages
224
Dimensions
142 x 213mm

The fragrant and the fetid, the light and the literary are given equal weight in this fascinating collection of writings old and new on the subject of smell, penned by authors from Catullus to Coco Chanel, Rumi to Roald Dahl, Robert Louis Stevenson to Nigel Slater. A Nosegay is the first anthology to cover this important-if under-explored-area of human experience, and will become an essential item on the shelves of any self-respecting bibliophile. The collection is arranged in thematic chapters-People, History, The Smell Industry, National Aromas-and is compelling throughout, either read sequentially or dipped into as an occasional source of amusement, inspiration or reflection. Inside is a veritable smorgasboard of smells: the spice-drenched Cleopatra and the smoke-wreathed Brecht, the Roman forum and the trenches of Flanders, professional ?noses' and anosmics cut off their olfactory prime? ?I know every book of mine by its smell, andI have but to put my nose between the pages to be reminded of all sorts of things.???. George Gissing, The Private Papers of Henry Ryecroft 1903. AUTHOR Lara Feigel is a writer, journalist and academic. A Nosegay is her first book.
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