I haven‘t read anything by this author, but her books look amazing. So I bought these so far, of course, back when I was in Arizona last.
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I haven‘t read anything by this author, but her books look amazing. So I bought these so far, of course, back when I was in Arizona last.
so-soUltimately this book is less about silk than it is about the men & women who chased all over the world collecting & studying the moths that produce it. It does provide a good overview of that & you do meet lots of interesting characters. But… the author makes some choices that reveal important gaps in her research & understanding of the regions/time periods covered in her book which is disappointing. As a result, I can‘t recommend this one.
Today‘s reading for work…
bailedI may return to this at some point since I bought it on Libro.FM, but for now I‘m bailing at 32%. Unfortunately it‘s very dry and academic and not holding my interest. I wanted more info about how silk fabrics evolved around the world, but so far it‘s mostly about silk moths, where they may have originated and where humans transported them as we spread. Which could have been interesting, but isn‘t presented in a format I‘m absorbing. Oh well.
pickPicked this up somewhat randomly from an antique shop (not sure a publication date of 1993 is actually antique!), and found it rather beguiling.
I don't subscribe to the "show don't tell" rule (who makes up these rules, anyway?), and this is mostly told to the reader as if by an oral storyteller, with repetitions typical of traditional tales.
It's a story of travel, romance, exoticism & eroticism, told quietly, unaffectedly and with poignancy. 4?
