Honey and Dust
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Honey and Dust is the first book by Piers Moore-Ede, British born writer. It won the D. H. Lawrence
Prize for non fiction 2007 and is published by Bloomsbury.
It is an account of a personal journey and a man’s dream of tasting all the honeys in the world.
After being seriously injured in a hit-and-run, Piers Moore-Ede goes to an organic farm in Italy to recuperate. There, a beekeeper
shows him the magic of the beehive. Piers, depressed since his accident, realises that honey might be his salvation. The book is the story of his quest to seek out the most wonderful honeys in the world, from the terracotta bee jars of the Lebanon to the clay cylinders of Syria. Slowly his personal problems fall into perspective against the backdrop of the dwindling traditions of the honey-farmers. He hunts wild honey from cliffs with Gurung tribesmen in Nepal, and in vast jungle trees with Veddah tribesmen in Sri Lanka. By witnessing nature’s healing powers, Piers finds his own sense of regeneration.
D. H. Lawrence
David Herbert Richards Lawrence was an English novelist, poet, playwright, essayist, literary critic and painter who published as D. H. Lawrence. His collected works represent an extended reflection upon the dehumanising effects of modernity and industrialisation...
Prize for non fiction 2007 and is published by Bloomsbury.
It is an account of a personal journey and a man’s dream of tasting all the honeys in the world.
After being seriously injured in a hit-and-run, Piers Moore-Ede goes to an organic farm in Italy to recuperate. There, a beekeeper
Beekeeper
A beekeeper is a person who keeps honey bees for the purposes of securing commodities such as honey, beeswax, pollen, royal jelly; pollinating fruits and vegetables; raising queens and bees for sale to other farmers; and/or for purposes satisfying natural scientific curiosity...
shows him the magic of the beehive. Piers, depressed since his accident, realises that honey might be his salvation. The book is the story of his quest to seek out the most wonderful honeys in the world, from the terracotta bee jars of the Lebanon to the clay cylinders of Syria. Slowly his personal problems fall into perspective against the backdrop of the dwindling traditions of the honey-farmers. He hunts wild honey from cliffs with Gurung tribesmen in Nepal, and in vast jungle trees with Veddah tribesmen in Sri Lanka. By witnessing nature’s healing powers, Piers finds his own sense of regeneration.