Unchopping a Tree : An intimate, beautifully illustrated gift edition of poet laureate W. S. Merwin's wondrous story about how to resurrect a fallen tree Paperback / softback
by W. S. Merwin
Illustrated by Liz Ward
Paperback / softback
Description
There’s no mystery to chopping down a tree. But how do you put back together a tree that’s been felled?
Mystical instructions are required, and that’s what W.
S. Merwin provides in his prose piece ?Unchopping a Tree,” appearing for the first time in a self-contained volume.
Written with a poet’s grace, an ecologist’s insights, and a Buddhist’s reverence for life, this elegant work describes the difficult, sacred job of reconstructing a tree.
Step by step, page by page, with Merwin’s humble authority, secrets are revealed, and the destroyed tree rises from the forest floor.
Unchopping a Tree opens with simplicity and grace: ?Start with the leaves, the small twigs, and the nest that have been shaken, ripped, or broken off by the fall; these must be gathered and attached once again to their respective places.” W.
S. Merwin, like many conservationists, is quick to say: ?When we destroy the so-called natural world around us we’re simply destroying ourselves. And I think it’s irreversible.” Thus the tree takes on a scale that begs the reader’s compassion, and one tree is a parable for the restoration of all nature.
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:48 pages, color illustrations throughout
- Publisher:Trinity University Press,U.S.
- Publication Date:18/04/2024
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- ISBN:9781595343079
Information
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:48 pages, color illustrations throughout
- Publisher:Trinity University Press,U.S.
- Publication Date:18/04/2024
- Category:
- ISBN:9781595343079
