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Great Trees I Have Known
‘These great trees of the mountains, I feel they know me well, as I watch them and listen to their secrets, happy to rest my head beneath their outstretched arms.’
A little girl climbs up a rambling old tree, picking its fruit, playing with the squirrels and birds that call it home, finally dozing off on its strongest, most comfortable branch as a gentle breeze plays through its leaves—pure bliss! How dull, dreary and dusty life can be without the verdant foliage of trees.
In Great Trees I Have Known, experience the best of Ruskin Bond’s writing about trees, from the majestic deodars to the delicate willows. With a wide range of stories and essays on the idyllic and lush world of trees, this collection is a must-have for those who love nature and Bond’s writing alike.
A little girl climbs up a rambling old tree, picking its fruit, playing with the squirrels and birds that call it home, finally dozing off on its strongest, most comfortable branch as a gentle breeze plays through its leaves—pure bliss! How dull, dreary and dusty life can be without the verdant foliage of trees.
In Great Trees I Have Known, experience the best of Ruskin Bond’s writing about trees, from the majestic deodars to the delicate willows. With a wide range of stories and essays on the idyllic and lush world of trees, this collection is a must-have for those who love nature and Bond’s writing alike.
301 pages, Kindle Edition
Published September 5, 2023
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May 18, 2024
It's classic Ruskin Bond.
It's an anthology of older writings from his entire writing career.
(Some of the essays are not even about trees! :D )
It's whimsical & very evocative of the nature... jungle, night, dawn, birdsong, distress of an animal, simple matters of ordinary human lives, rain, & great trees...
But the writing, as always, varies between brilliant & meh!
It's an anthology of older writings from his entire writing career.
(Some of the essays are not even about trees! :D )
It's whimsical & very evocative of the nature... jungle, night, dawn, birdsong, distress of an animal, simple matters of ordinary human lives, rain, & great trees...
But the writing, as always, varies between brilliant & meh!
Displaying 1 - 1 of 1 review