{"product_id":"fly-trap","title":"Fly Trap","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFredrik Sjöberg''s Swedish bestseller about summer, islands, freedom and boundaries.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e''The light, the warmth, the smells, the mist, the birdsong - the moths. Who can sleep? Who wants to?''\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Full of charm, a book about how to find meaning in life'' Melissa Harrison, \u003ci\u003eThe Times, \u003c\/i\u003eBooks of the Year\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Charming, witty and original'' Patrick Barkham, \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Nature writing that can laugh at itself, a real tonic'' Gregory Day, \u003ci\u003eSydney Morning Herald\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57310039441790,"sku":"NW9781846147784","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9781846147784.jpg?v=1778257825","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/en-usa\/products\/fly-trap","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}