Poet Charles Lamb described the pineapple as "too ravishing for moral taste . . . like lovers' kisses she bites--she is a pleasure bordering on pain, from fierceness and insanity of her relish." From the moment Christopher Columbus discovered it on a Caribbean island in 1493, the pineapple has seduced the world, becoming an object of passion and desire. Beloved by George Washington, a favorite of kings and aristocrats, the pineapple quickly achieved...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:1780231792
ISBN13:9781780231792
Release Date:November 2013
Publisher:Reaktion Books
Length:160 Pages
Weight:0.75 lbs.
Dimensions:0.6" x 5.2" x 8.0"
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