Unchopping a Tree

by W.S. Merwin

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1595341870
• ISBN13: 9781595341877
• Release Date: February 2014
• Publisher: Trinity University Press
• Length: 48 Pages
• Weight: 1.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 7.2" x 7.1"