{"product_id":"coffee-table-book-of-water-lilies-paperback","title":"Coffee Table Book of: Water Lilies (Paperback)","description":"\u003cp\u003eCoffee Table Book of: Water Lilies is a large format book of still water, and everything it is doing while it looks like nothing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIts large plates work the lily pond from the surface down: the red ribbed framework under a pad that keeps it flat, a bud forcing its way up through the surface film, a flower drawn back under water on its own coiling stem once it has been pollinated. Around them the pond itself: mist at dawn, rain breaking up the reflections, duckweed drifted into a line that makes the current visible.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShort notes run through the book on what is being looked at: why a pad has a notch cut into it, why a lotus is not a water lily at all, why a reflection is always darker than the thing reflected. Enough to reward a second pass, never enough to interrupt the picture.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book follows a year: bare water in spring, a green floor at midsummer, the pads yellowing and sinking in autumn, and a skin of ice with one dead leaf set into it. The pictures run to the edge of the page and the wide frames open across the gutter.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePrinted in full colour on heavy 150gsm coated paper at 216 x 279 mm (8.5 x 11 inches), as a paperback.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cedar Pine Editions","offers":[{"title":"Perfect Bound","offer_id":68137748463920,"sku":"9671456001968","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0262\/2357\/5085\/files\/9671456001968.jpg?v=1792522197","url":"https:\/\/www.thegreatbritishbookshop.co.uk\/products\/coffee-table-book-of-water-lilies-paperback","provider":"The Great British Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}