"The Gardener's Year" Karel Čapek (Author) Tarō Komatsu (Translator) Chuko Bunko ★ This book will turn those with no interest in gardening into gardening enthusiasts, and make gardening fanatics even more obsessed. An incomparably delightful book. ★ It's clean with no noticeable stains or damage, but it is a used book. There is some yellowing and natural deterioration due to age.