The History of Bees
by:
Maja Lunde (author)
Diane Oatley (author)
In the spirit of Station Eleven and Never Let Me Go, this dazzling and ambitious literary debut follows three generations of beekeepers from the past, present, and future, weaving a spellbinding story of their relationship to the bees and to their children and one another against the backdrop of...
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In the spirit of Station Eleven and Never Let Me Go, this dazzling and ambitious literary debut follows three generations of beekeepers from the past, present, and future, weaving a spellbinding story of their relationship to the bees and to their children and one another against the backdrop of an urgent, global crisis.England, 1852. William is a biologist and seed mercha
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ISBN:
9781501161377
Publisher: Touchstone
Pages no: 352
Edition language: English
Series: Klimakvartetten (#1)
Three stories: one set in England of the 1850s, one set in the US in 2007, and one in China in 2098. All of these stories have common themes - bees and the relationships between parents and children. There was a lot of promise in the beginning of the book, which described a world in which bees...
I enjoyed this novel, even though I could see how the plot was going to develop from very early in the story. The two male characters nearly lose everything because of their inability to see what is right before their eyes, but they do come good in the end. That seems to be one of a number of themes...
Let see it as a coincidence: a big egg insecticide scandal in Germany that has spread to food stores across Europe, "emissionsgate", Trump's energy policy and me, reading [b:The History of Bees|32920292|The History of Bees|Maja Lunde|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1485795323s/32920292.jpg|45708...
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