Modern Nature - The Journals of Derek Jarman

A divine, meditative and inspiring diary of Derek Jarman's famous garden at Dungeness.'An essential - urgent - book for the 21st Century' Hans Ulrich ObristWITH AN INTRODUCTION BY OLIVIA LAINGIn 1986 Derek Jarman discovered he was HIV positive and decided to make a garden at his cottage on the barren 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.

Product details

• Authors: Derek Jarman, Jarman Derek
• Assisted by: Olivia Laing (Introduction), Laing Olivia (Introduction)
• Publisher: Vintage UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 31.05.2018
• EAN: 9781784873875
• ISBN: 978-1-78487-387-5
• No. of pages: 336
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 22 mm
• Series: Vintage Classics; VINTAGE CLASSICS; The Journals of Derek Jarman; The Journals of Derek Jarman
• Subjects: Guides > Nature; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs, Diaries, letters & journals, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Diaries & Journals, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Disease & Health Issues, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Letters, Diaries, letters and journals, Health, illness and addiction: social aspects, Individual Film Directors, Film-Makers, PERFORMING ARTS / Individual Director, Hiv / Aids: Social Aspects