Country

by Jasper Conran

<!--StartFragment--> Jasper Conran's Country is unlike any lifestyle book you've ever seen. It's neither a catalog of perfectly decorated spaces nor a how-to compendium of design problems and solutions. Rather, it is a deeply moving vision of the pleasures of country life and an intensely felt celebration, in pictures and text, of all things rural-the landscapes, the people, the houses, the traditions.

Country' s captivating photographs delight the eye as Conran uses the landscape and homes that are familiar to him to explore universal themes as he travels through the seasons, moving from indoors to outdoors while lovingly documenting country life as it is lived today. It's not a book to "refer to" for help or advice this project or that. It is a book to spend a good long time with as you weave your own dreams for that universally desired life-one lived well, and in the country.

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304 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2010

Reviews

[Mizzo73 · Rating 5 out of 5]

Real people in real houses - people who actually get dirt under their fingernails!

[Emily Harrell · Rating 4 out of 5]

This “photographic essay” meanders through the English countryside and is slow and thoughtful and beautiful. A delightful experience. 5 stars to the photography, 4ish for the prose.

[Stacia · Rating 4 out of 5]

A beautiful portrait of a singular place. Though the text is a touch maudlin at times, (a feeling enhanced by the slight sepia tone of the photographs), it makes me want to immediately run off to the west country of England, though admittedly, that's not hard to do.

[Deborah · Rating 4 out of 5]

Beautiful pictures of rural life and homes in England, although some of the characters pictured were a little eccentric!

[Michael · Rating 5 out of 5]

I don't usually rave about coffee table books (and this is a large one) but this one was quite impressive, both in text as well as in photography.