{"product_id":"the-fly-trap-fredrik-sjoberg-9781846147784","title":"The fly trap by Fredrik Sjöberg (Paperback)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFredrik Sjöberg's Swedish bestseller about summer, islands, freedom and boundaries.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e'The light, the warmth, the smells, the mist, the birdsong - the moths. Who can sleep? Who wants to?' \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFredrik Sjöberg finds happiness in the little things. Millions of them, in fact. This beguiling bestseller is his unique meditation on collecting hoverflies. It is also about living on a remote Swedish island, blissful long summer nights, lost loves, unexpected treasures, art, nature, slowness, and how freedom can come from the things we least expect. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Full of charm, a book about how to find meaning in life' Melissa Harrison, \u003ci\u003eThe Times, \u003c\/i\u003eBooks of the Year \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'I often return to \u003ci\u003eThe Fly Trap\u003c\/i\u003e, it remains close to my heart. The minute observations from nature that reveal sudden insights into one's life. Sometimes I almost think that he wrote it for me' Tomas Tranströmer, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Charming, witty and original' Patrick Barkham, \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Nature writing that can laugh at itself, a real tonic' Gregory Day, \u003ci\u003eSydney Morning Herald\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Delightful, at once informative and often humorously digressive . . . a humane man of wide-ranging curiosity, Sjöberg writes with infectious passion' Paul Binding \u003ci\u003eIndependent\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFredrik Sjöberg\u003c\/b\u003e collects hoverflies on the island Runmarö, in the archipelago east of Stockholm. He is also a literary critic, translator, cultural columnist and the author of several books including \u003ci\u003eThe Art of Flight\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Raisin King\u003c\/i\u003e, which form a trilogy with \u003ci\u003eThe Fly Trap\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55333334188375,"sku":"9781846147784","price":11.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0799\/4569\/5575\/files\/9781846147784.jpg?v=1791494499","url":"https:\/\/somiibooks.com\/products\/the-fly-trap-fredrik-sjoberg-9781846147784","provider":"Somiibooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}