The Botany of Desire: A Plant’s-Eye View of the World
Michael PollanRandom House Trade PaperbacksIn The Botany of Desire, Michael Pollan ingeniously demonstrates how people and domesticated plants have formed a reciprocal relationship. He skillfull
Michael Pollan
Random House Trade Paperbacks
n The Botany of Desire, Michael Pollan ingeniously demonstrates how people and domesticated plants have formed a reciprocal relationship. He skillfully links four fundamental human desires—sweetness, beauty, intoxication and control—with the plants that satisfy them: The apple, the tulip, cannabis, and the potato. Four common plants we didn’t realize had such a rich history. Pollan illustrates how the plants have evolved to satisfy humankind’s most basic yearnings. Pollan is more humorous and adventurous than one might expect from a botanist too. Farmers on any scale will enjoy and find use in The Botany of Desire.
