Fredrik Sj berg finds happiness in the little things. Millions of them, in fact. This beguiling bestseller is his unique meditation on collecting hoverflies.
Fredrik Sjöberg collects hoverflies on the island of Runmarö, in the archipelago east of Stockholm. He is also a literary critic, translator, cultural columnist and the author of several books, including The Fly Trap and The Raisin King, which form a trilogy with The Art of Flight.
Charming, witty and original . . . a sly challenge to virtually
every contemporary orthodoxy
*Guardian*
Its joy lies in Sjöberg's loose-limbed prose . . . at once
whimsical and yet laden with erudition and a deep feeling for the
natural world and our place in it
*Financial Times*
Delightful, at once informative and often humorously digressive . .
. a humane man of wide-ranging curiosity, Sjöberg writes with
infectious passion
*Independent*
Subtle, convincing . . . Sjöberg thrives in the indistinct boundary
between science and literature
*New Scientist*
A quirky tapestry . . . an enjoyable if wayward tale
*Ecologist*
Entertaining . . .iconoclastic . . . the writing is whimsical,
digressive and pleasingly devoid of anything too weighty or
purposeful
*Wall Street Journal*
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