Modern Nature by Derek Jarman

Modern Nature

Derek Jarman

336 pages first pub 1991 (editions) user-added

nonfiction biography lgbtqia+ memoir emotional reflective slow-paced

Description

In 1986 the controversial film-maker Derek Jarman discovered he was HIV positive, and decided to make a garden at his cottage on the bleak coast of Dungeness, where he also wrote these journals. Looking back over his childhood, his coming out in t...

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Moods

reflective 88%
emotional 75%
sad 66%
inspiring 38%
informative 33%
challenging 27%
funny 22%
hopeful 19%
dark 11%
relaxing 8%
lighthearted 5%
tense 2%

Pace

slow 75%
medium 24%

Average rating

4.35

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