A Place of My Own: The Architecture of Daydreams by Michael Pollan

A Place of My Own: The Architecture of Daydreams

Michael Pollan

352 pages first pub 1997 (view editions)

nonfiction art design memoir philosophy informative reflective slow-paced
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A reader who yearns to watch a famously cerebral author wrestle with two-by-fours and metaphysics in equal measure will relish this slow, hands-on chronicle of Pollan’s quest to raise a simple writing hut while interrogating how a mere shelter becomes a true place.

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Michael Pollan's unmatched ability to draw lines of connection between our everyday experiences--whether eating, gardening, or building--and the natural world has been the basis for the popular success of his many works of nonfiction, including th...

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Moods

informative: 93%

reflective: 81%

inspiring: 43%

funny: 18%

relaxing: 18%

challenging: 12%

lighthearted: 12%

adventurous: 6%

hopeful: 6%


Pace

25% of readers chose medium
75% of readers chose slow
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