Orchid Thief - A True Story of Beauty and Obsession Orlean SusanPaperback
Orchid Thief - A True Story of Beauty and Obsession Orlean SusanPaperback Susan Orlean first met John Laroche when visiting Florida to write for the New Yorker about his arrest for stealing rare…
Specifikacia Orchid Thief - A True Story of Beauty and Obsession Orlean SusanPaperback
Orchid Thief - A True Story of Beauty and Obsession Orlean SusanPaperback
Susan Orlean first met John Laroche when visiting Florida to write for the New Yorker about his arrest for stealing rare ghost orchids from a nature reserve. The world of the orchid hunters, breeders and showmen, their rivalries, vendettas and crimes, smuggling, thefts and worse provide the backdrop to a fascinating exploration of one of the byways of human nature, the obsessive world of the collector, and the haunting beauty of the flowers themselves. Fascinated both by Laroche and the world she uncovered of orchid collectors and growers, she stayed on, to write this magical exploration of obsession and the strange world both of the orchid obsessives and of Florida, that haunting and weird 'debatable land' of swamps and condos, retirement communities and real-estate scams.