 First edition | |
| Author | Sean Borodale |
|---|---|
| Country | England |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Poetry, beekeeping |
| Published | 2012 (Jonathan Cape) |
| Media type | Print (paperback) |
| Pages | 90 |
| ISBN | 9780224097215 |
| OCLC | 941596131 |
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A review in The Daily Telegraph of Bee Journal described it as "the most beautiful expression of what it is like to live with bees that you could hope to find.". [1] Granta compared it to The Life of the Bee by Maurice Maeterlinck. [2] It has also been reviewed by Varsity . [3]
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Like Maurice Maeterlinck’s prose work, The Life of the Bee, this is bee-science as literature, nature poetry at its best.
This is a meditative, attentive and beautiful debut collection...