The Plains by Federico Falco #foliosociety VintageISBN: 9781784877279Extent: 320 pages

VintageISBN: 9781784877279Extent: 320 pages

we get a nearly moment-by-moment picture of the pendulum mood swings

An updated edition of the definitive

and their epic new rivalry

This is a book for anyone who’s interested in our (possible) neighbours in the universe

The Plains by Federico Falco #foliosociety VintageISBN: 9781784877279Extent: 320 pagesAfter a loss, a year in the country: four seasons to transform a garden and a self. 'In the city the notion of the hours of the day, of the passage of time, is lost. In the countryside that is impossible,' our narrator tells us. In this remote house and garden, time is almost palpable; it goes by without haste and brings into sharp relief even the tiniest details: insects, the sound of the rain, a falling leaf, the smell of damp earth. Past and