[ book tip by Translated Tips ] Sasha Hourwich wortes about the French edition of Nuages - it has not been translated into any other language
What do you fancy?
Understanding the fine relationship between clouds and nature?
A change of scenery on a cargo voyage between Le Havre and Chili?
A closer look at the dynamic behind a project's design?
If you want an insight into the science of clouds; if you take delight in the tale of an Atlantic crossing by a great gardener; if you thirst for a new approach to the layout of our towns, get a copy of Nuages by Gilles Clément.
Like a watercolour painting, where everything is created by tinges and transparency, this book recounts with clarity the journey where the earth withdraws, the movements of the sky and of the clouds in sweeps, veils, and strokes and the reflections which they inspire in a great landscape gardener.
This work has a horizon as broad as the ocean's, a boundless vision. Chapter by chapter we discover the range of the sky and the pleasure in the penetrating but light gaze of a man who shows his repect for the vibrant diversity of our planet. Let's finish up with a small extract from Nuages:

'Water makes the clouds
Light makes the landscape.

And this book our happiness.'

[ book info ] Clément, Gilles: Nuages. Bayard, Paris 2005 .