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| Original Title: | The Orchid Thief: A True Story of Beauty and Obsession |
| ISBN: | 044900371X (ISBN13: 9780449003718) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Setting: | Florida(United States) Fakahatchee Strand State Preserve, Florida(United States) |
Susan Orlean
Paperback | Pages: 284 pages Rating: 3.69 | 14083 Users | 1487 Reviews
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| Title | : | The Orchid Thief: A True Story of Beauty and Obsession |
| Author | : | Susan Orlean |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 284 pages |
| Published | : | January 4th 2000 by Ballantine Books (first published 1998) |
| Categories | : | Nonfiction. History. Crime. True Crime. Biography. Science. Environment. Nature. Writing. Journalism |
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The Orchid Thief is Susan Orlean’s tale of an amazing obsession. Determined to clone an endangered flower—the rare ghost orchid Polyrrhiza lindenii—a deeply eccentric and oddly attractive man named John Laroche leads Orlean on an unforgettable tour of America’s strange flower-selling subculture, through Florida’s swamps and beyond, along with the Seminoles who help him and the forces of justice who fight him. In the end, Orlean—and the reader—will have more respect for underdog determination and a powerful new definition of passion.In this new edition, coming fifteen years after its initial publication and twenty years after she first met the “orchid thief,” Orlean revisits this unforgettable world, and the route by which it was brought to the screen in the film Adaptation, in a new retrospective essay.
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Ratings: 3.69 From 14083 Users | 1487 ReviewsWeigh Up Of Books The Orchid Thief: A True Story of Beauty and Obsession
gorgeous. susan orlean is the writer i strive to be.If you haven't figured it out by now, I like histories and I like learning how people--usually real people-- live their lives in their particular environment. This has both: learn the history of the orchid and discover a subculture of crazed flower lovers in Florida. I knew nothing about orchids when I started reading this-- it made me want to know more. 'Why are people obsessed? ... Huh, that is kind of interesting... what an intriguing little flower!' It made me covet my own orchid (could I
more shortly, but I really enjoyed this book, which I read because it's my real-world book group's selection for September. It's sad that it got such low ratings because of people's expectations as a book of true crime, because it's so much more: obsession, passion, history, and an exploration of why people become so consumed by having something that they'll do anything to get it. more coming soon.
This was originally a piece for The New Yorker, and I think it should've stayed that way. It had its interesting moments but felt a bit bloated and directionless at times. I was expecting something more narrative-based and eccentric like Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil. Instead every chapter just sort of felt like an essay about something related to the orchid industry, with a very small throughline about John Laroche. 2.5 stars
I found the subject fascinating.
Was very informative about orchids and the obsessed people who collect them. From the ways that people obtained then, to the shows, to the customers, to even the great lengths in which people would go to get them. Such a crazy thing to collect and spend money on.
Number one: don't judge this book by the movie Adaptation, which is not a screenplay of the book, but rather a screenplay that contains pieces of the book. Number two, my favorite quote: "The world is so huge that people are always getting lost in it. There are too many ideas and things and people, too many directions to go. I was starting to believe that the reason it matters to care passionately about something is that it whittles the world down to a more manageable size. It makes the world
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