Being an Oak by Laurent Tillon

Being an Oak by Laurent Tillon

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'A delightful book that turns a tree into a wonderful lens' -- Tristan Gooley * author of How To Read A Tree *
A wonderful, poetic book that will make you eager to understand the secret relationships between Quercus and all living creatures - including ourselves-- Christilla Pelle-Douël * PSYCHOLOGIES (France) *
Marvellous .... A well-deserved success in bookshops. A very beautiful book. -- Alain Baraton * FRANCE INTER *
Full of humour and empathy. -- Andréina de Bei * SCIENCES & AVENIR *
'Rooted in myth and memory, the English oak stands as both sentinel and storyteller. Tillon brings the oak's long cultural and scientific history to life, exploring and celebrating the the tree's ecological might-its deep roots, resilient heartwood, and quiet symbiosis with other species. In the process, Tillon offers up a celebration of the oak as nature's masterpiece' -- Daniel Lewis, author of Twelve Trees: And What They Tell Us About Our Past, Present and Future

Laurent Tillon (Author)
Laurent Tillon is head of biodiversity at France's National Forestry Office, in charge of drawing up inventories of forest fauna, especially mammals and batrachians.
He is the author of Listening to Nature (Payot, 2018), the bestselling Being An Oak (Actes Sud, 2021), and Night Phantoms: Bats and humans (Actes Sud, 2023).
He lives in the heart of Rambouillet Forest.

Jessica Moore (Translator)
Jessica Moore is an author and Booker-nominated literary translator. She is a former Lannan writer-in-residence and Banff International Literary Translation Centre alumnus, as well as a former VP for the Literary Translators' Association of Canada.
Jessica lives in Toronto, near the shores of Lake Ontario, that inland sea.

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ISBN 13	9781804183403
ISBN 10	1804183407
Title	Being an Oak
Author	Laurent Tillon
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Bonnier Books Ltd
Year published	2025-06-12
Number of pages	288
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