春雨：花园中的生活（马克·哈默新作） Spring Rain: A Life Lived in Gardens

基本信息

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Greystone Books

Publication date ‏ : ‎ April 14 2026

Language ‏ : ‎ English

Print length ‏ : ‎ 216 pages

ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1778402763

ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1778402760

Item weight ‏ : ‎ 505 g

Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 13.34 x 5.08 x 19.05 cm

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书籍简介

“马克·哈默懂得如何生活——简单、节俭、虔诚、富足。《春雨》是灵魂的良药。”——西·蒙哥马利，《如何做一个好人》的作者

继《如何捉鼹鼠》和《种子化为尘土》之后，这位备受喜爱的作家又带来了一部极具原创性的回忆录，讲述了童年、老年以及花园的疗愈力量。

这本书充满创意，疗愈人心，适合在树荫下一口气读完。它捕捉了一个充满冒险精神的男孩，他曾用想象环游世界，如今却已步入老年，两人携手在城郊他家后院一块荒芜的土地上，打造了一座全新的花园。

退休的园艺师马克·哈默总能在自然界中找到人生的答案，无论是孩提时代观察蚂蚁，还是年轻时在乡间流浪，亦或是作为一名职业园丁为他人创造宁静祥和的休憩之所。如今已年过六旬的他，终于在威尔士卡迪夫的家中打造了一座属于自己的花园。这本感人至深的回忆录记录了他从青春年少到晚年，一路走来的点点滴滴，并探讨了我们如何调和童年与归宿。

用哈默自己的话说，“《春雨》讲述的是自家后花园带来的喜悦。它讲述的是细微之处的乐趣，一粒沙里的世界，一个小花园里的小宇宙，以及对花园里所有昆虫、蛞蝓、花朵、杂草、种子、根系、边界、荫凉和天气的爱。”

“Marc Hamer knows how to live—simply, sparely, reverently, abundantly. Spring Rain is a tonic for the soul.”—Sy Montgomery, author of How to Be A Good Creature

From the beloved author of How to Catch a Mole and Seed to Dust comes a highly original memoir of childhood, old age, and the restorative power of gardens.

Best enjoyed in a single sitting under the shade of a tree, this inventive and curative book captures the moment when an adventurous young boy who traveled the world in his mind meets the old man he becomes. Together, they build a new garden from a neglected plot behind his house on the edge of town.

Retired professional gardener Marc Hamer has always found the answers to life's questions in the natural world, whether as a child watching ants, as a young man living homeless in the countryside, or as a professional gardener creating places of calm and restoration for others. Now in his sixties, he is finally creating a garden for himself, at his home in Cardiff, Wales. This moving memoir follows his process as he shares what he’s learned, from the spring of youth to his autumn years, and reflects on how we reconcile our childhoods with where we end up.

In Hamer’s own words, “Spring Rain is about the joy of your own back garden. It is a story about the joy of small things, the world in a grain of sand, a universe in a small garden, with love for all the insects and slugs and flowers and weeds and seeds and roots and boundaries and shade and weather that the garden contains.”

作者简介

马克·哈默出生于英格兰北部，三十多年前移居威尔士。他曾经历过一段无家可归的时期，之后在铁路工作，后来重返校园学习美术。他先后从事过画廊、市场营销、平面设计等工作，并在监狱教授过创意写作，之后成为一名园丁。他的第一本书《如何捉鼹鼠》（How to Catch a Mole）入选了书商协会（Indie Next Pick）并入围了温赖特奖（Wainwright Prize）短名单。他的第二本书《种子到尘埃》（Seed to Dust）也入围了温赖特奖短名单。

Marc Hamer was born in the North of England and moved to Wales over thirty years ago. After spending a period homeless, then working on the railway, he returned to education and studied fine art. He has worked in art galleries, marketing, graphic design and taught creative writing in a prison before becoming a gardener. His first book, How to Catch a Mole, was an Indie Next Pick and shortlisted for the Wainwright Prize. His second book, Seed to Dust, was also shortlisted for the Wainwright Prize.