Oranges (Penguin Modern Classics) - Softcover

McPhee, John

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0141182032 ISBN 13: 9780141182032

Publisher: Penguin Classics, 2000

Synopsis

First published in 1966 ORANGES is the book that established McPhee as the most charming and strange of American essayists. In a remarkably small number of words, ORANGES gives both a history of humanity's love for the fruit and a wonderful pictureof Florida - a state transformed from dreary barrenness to one, vast orange grove by the world's insatiable demand for orange juice.

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Review:

"Fascinating. A sterling example of what a fresh point of view, a clear style, a sense of humor and diligent investigation can do to reveal the inherent interest in something as taken-for-granted as your morning orange juice." --Edmund Fuller, "The Wall Street Journal "
"It is a delicious book, in a word, and more absorbing than many a novel." --Roderick Cook, "Harper's"

Fascinating. A sterling example of what a fresh point of view, a clear style, a sense of humor and diligent investigation can do to reveal the inherent interest in something as taken-for-granted as your morning orange juice. "Edmund Fuller, The Wall Street Journal"

It is a delicious book, in a word, and more absorbing than many a novel. "Roderick Cook, Harper's""

Fascinating. A sterling example of what a fresh point of view, a clear style, a sense of humor and diligent investigation can do to reveal the inherent interest in something as taken-for-granted as your morning orange juice. Edmund Fuller, The Wall Street Journal

It is a delicious book, in a word, and more absorbing than many a novel. Roderick Cook, Harper's

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"Fascinating. A sterling example of what a fresh point of view, a clear style, a sense of humor and diligent investigation can do to reveal the inherent interest in something as taken-for-granted as your morning orange juice." --Edmund Fuller, The Wall Street Journal

"It is a delicious book, in a word, and more absorbing than many a novel." --Roderick Cook, Harper's

About the Author:

John McPhee was born in Princeton, New Jersey in 1931, and has lived there almost continuously ever since. After college, at Princeton, McPhee took a postgraduate year at Cambridge University, where he read literature and played basketball. In 1964 he became a staff writer for the 'New Yorker'. His books include: ENCOUNTERS WITH THE ARCHDRUID, THE PINE BARRENS, THE CONTROL OF NATURE, ASSEMBLING CALIFORNIA, and THE DELTOID PUMPKIN SEED.

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin Classics
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0141182032
• ISBN 13: 9780141182032
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 160