Новинки Фредрика Шёберга

For years, entomologist Fredrik Sjöberg has collected, cataloged, and obsessed over the hoverflies that populate the remote Swedish island he calls home. As confounded by his unusual vocation as anyone, here Sjöberg explores what drives the obsessive curiosity of collectors, along the way finding time to muse on everything from art to lost love, and drawing on sources as disparate as D. H. Lawrence and the fascinating and forgotten naturalist René Edmond Malaise.

A mesmerizing memoir, The Fly Trap is one remarkable individual’s meditation on the unexpected beauty of small things and an examination of the history of entomology itself. Weaving a fascinating web of associations, histories, and personal memories, Sjöberg revels in the wonders of the natural world and, through indelible images and stories, opens up into it a dazzling, irresistible pathway.

A mesmerizing memoir of extraordinary brilliance by an entomologist, The Fly Trap chronicles Fredrik Sjöberg’s life collecting hoverflies on a remote island in Sweden. Warm and humorous, self-deprecating and contemplative, and a major best seller in its native country, The Fly Trap is a meditation on the unexpected beauty of small things and an exploration of the history of entomology itself.

What drives the obsessive curiosity of collectors to catalog their finds? What is the importance of the hoverfly? As confounded by his unusual vocation as anyone, Sjöberg reflects on a range of ideas—the passage of time, art, lost loves—drawing on sources as disparate as D. H. Lawrence and the fascinating and nearly forgotten naturalist René Edmond Malaise. From the wilderness of Kamchatka to the loneliness of the Swedish isle he calls home, Sjöberg revels in the wonder of the natural world and leaves behind a trail of memorable images and stories.

Люси, героине «Хроник Нарнии» Льюиса, однажды посчастливилось прочитать рассказ-заклинание «Как очистить и обрадовать душу». Сюжет девочка сразу забыла, но с той поры ей нравились лишь такие же светлые и добрые книги. Их крайне мало вообще, в современной литературе тем более, но «Ловушка Малеза, или О счастье жить в плену необычной страсти, о мухах и о причудах судьбы» — редчайший пример произведения такого рода. По форме это ироничный и автобиографичный рассказ об умении читать природу и о психологии собирателя. Фредрик Шёберг, знаток и любитель мух-журчалок, пишет историю жизни, открытий и приключений другого шведского энтомолога, Рене…