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Of The Florids
Of The Florids
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Of the Florids begins with an inability to speak of the natural world in the urban fortress of Singapore; a tropical island’s fading romanticism for a city boy. Unrooting the lyricism of an archive that sprawls across natural history drawings ordered by British colonists, wartime reports on animals in Japan, queer myths of the Rabbit God and the miracles of modern landscaping—the book teems with its own polyphonic, multispecies world where place can once again be enchanted. The map of the Florids start to materialise and grow like a defiant root system: even as it feeds on the soil of history, it too speculates and twists according to its own ebullient, baroque music.
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Explores ecological wonder through history, myth, and environment.
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Who is this book for?
If you're drawn to books that blend natural history with poetic storytelling, Of The Florids offers a lush, multispecies journey. It invites you into a world where myth and reality intertwine, revealing the layered stories of flora, fauna, and human imagination across time and place. This poetic approach makes it a captivating read for anyone interested in the deeper connections between nature and history.