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.