Spring is the Only Season: How it Works, What it Does and Why it Matters by Simon Barnes #foliosociety Booker Prize-winner Ben Okri argues

Booker Prize-winner Ben Okri argues in this evocative collection

violent history and an uncertain future

Through each of the thematic chapters Hughes keeps his story grounded in the history of the 20th century

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full colour illustrations throughout

Spring is the Only Season: How it Works, What it Does and Why it Matters by Simon Barnes #foliosociety Booker Prize-winner Ben Okri argues'A book that filled me from first to last with a rapture as transcendent and thrilling as that which spring yearly provides I absolutely adored it!' Stephen Fry 'An endlessly illuminating love letter to the most beguiling of the seasons' Lee Schofield, author of the award winning Wild Fell 'Enjoyable and compelling Spring is undoubtedly the most important season' Jake Fiennes, author of Land Healer Spring is the time of renewal and rebirth, a