The Tree: A Classic Meditation on Nature, Art, and the Wisdom of Wild Beauty

The Tree: A Classic Meditation on Nature, Art, and the Wisdom of Wild Beauty

<p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">€œFor years I have carried this book...with me on travels to reread, ponder, envy. In prose of classic gravity, precision, and delicacy, Fowles addresses matters of final importance.€<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">€"<em>Los Angeles Times Book Review</em><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">€œ<em>The Tree </em>is the fullest and finest exploration I€ve ever read of how the useless delights to be discovered in nature can ripen into the practice of art.€<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">€"Lewis Hyde, author of <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">The Gift<o:p></o:p></em></span></p><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><span style="COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><o:p><font face=Calibri> </font></o:p></span></p><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>€œThe most original argument for wilderness preservation I have encountered.€<br />€"<em>Washington Post</em><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Finally back in print, here is the 30th anniversary edition of <em>The Tree</em>€"the renowned English novelist John Fowles€s (<em>The Magus, The French Lieutenant€s Woman</em>)<em> </em>moving meditation on the connection between the natural world and human creativity. An inspiring modern ecological classic, <em>The Tree </em>is both a powerful argument against taming the wild and a major author€s  inspiring and beautifully written defense of €œthe joys of getting lost,€ and of spontaneity in life and art. <o:p></o:p></span></p>