Plea for the tree.
Actes Sud| N° d'inventaire | 31545 |
| Format | 21 x 24 |
| Détails | 256 p., numerous color photographs, publisher's hardcover. |
| Publication | Paris, 2024 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | 9782330193768 |
From the shade of gardens to the blazing fire in the hearth, from aspirin to airplane tires, from bedwood to the paper of this book, there are few areas of our lives where the tree does not have its place, with the discretion that characterizes it.
And if he is so much our partner in the often hazardous enterprise that is life on Earth, is it not also because we share with him compelling interests: light and water, soil fertility, space and warmth?
So what is this daily companion, really? How can we define this extraordinarily ancient form of life, with its architectural model as singular as it is rigorous, and capable of great feats? Putting aside all anthropomorphism, Francis Hallé lays the foundations for a structural and functional analysis of this multifaceted plant.
Trees, then. Through vivid and detailed portraits—for example, those of the Durian, the Eucalyptus, or the Rubber Tree—the author recounts the intense dialogue between certain species and humans and reveals the profound and still mysterious "otherness" of the tree, so different from humans, having given so much and received so little in return. A plea for the tree and its otherness, but also a plea for humans.
From the shade of gardens to the blazing fire in the hearth, from aspirin to airplane tires, from bedwood to the paper of this book, there are few areas of our lives where the tree does not have its place, with the discretion that characterizes it.
And if he is so much our partner in the often hazardous enterprise that is life on Earth, is it not also because we share with him compelling interests: light and water, soil fertility, space and warmth?
So what is this daily companion, really? How can we define this extraordinarily ancient form of life, with its architectural model as singular as it is rigorous, and capable of great feats? Putting aside all anthropomorphism, Francis Hallé lays the foundations for a structural and functional analysis of this multifaceted plant.
Trees, then. Through vivid and detailed portraits—for example, those of the Durian, the Eucalyptus, or the Rubber Tree—the author recounts the intense dialogue between certain species and humans and reveals the profound and still mysterious "otherness" of the tree, so different from humans, having given so much and received so little in return. A plea for the tree and its otherness, but also a plea for humans.