书目

Wildwood: A Journey Through Trees

内容简介

"Wildwood"isaremarkablecelebrationofthetransformingmagicoftrees,exploringthe'fifthelement'ofwoodasitexistsinnature,inoursouls,inourcultureandourlives.FromthewalnuttreeathisSuffolkhome,RogerDeakinembarksuponaquestthattakeshimthroughBritain,acrossEurope,toCentralAsiaandAustralia,insearchofwhatliesbehindman'sprofoundandenduringconnectionwithwoodandwithtrees.Meetingwoodlandersofallkinds,helivesinshacksandcabins,travelsinsearchofthewildapplegrovesofKazakhstan,goescoppicinginSuffolk,swimsbeneaththewalnuttreesoftheHaut-Languedoc,andhuntsbushplumswithAboriginalwomenintheoutback.

作者简介

RogerDeakin,whodiedinAugust2006shortlyaftercompletingthemanuscriptofWildwood,wasawriterandfilmmakerwithaparticularinterestinnatureandtheenvironment.HelivedformanyyearsinSuffolk,whereheswamregularlyinhismoat,intheRiverWaveneyandinthesea,inbetweentravellingwidelythroughthewildwoodlandscapeshewritesaboutinthisbook.Waterlog,thepredecessortoWildwood,recountshisswimmingadventuresandhasbeenhailedasaclassicofnaturewriting.

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