Modern Nature

<p><b>Read this meditative and inspiring diary of Derek Jarman's famous garden at Dungeness which is also a powerful account of his life as an HIV positive man in the 1980s.</b><br><br> In 1986 Derek Jarman discovered he was HIV positive and decided to make a garden at his cottage on the barren coast of Dungeness.<br><br> Facing an uncertain future he nevertheless found solace in nature growing all manner of plants. While some perished beneath wind and sea-spray others flourished creating brilliant unexpected beauty in the wilderness.<br><br> <i>Modern Nature</i> is both a diary of the garden and a meditation by Jarman on his own life: his childhood his time as a young gay man in the 1960s his renowned career as an artist writer and film-maker. It is at once a lament for a lost generation an unabashed celebration of gay sexuality and a devotion to all that is living.<br> <b><br> 'An essential - urgent - book for the 21st Century' Hans Ulrich Obrist</b><br> <b><br> This new edition features an introduction from Olivia Laing the author of <i>Crudo</i></b></p>