Woodland Wisdom - A Miscellany of Forest Facts, Fiction & Folklore Med skarpsindig analyse og poetisk

Med skarpsindig analyse og poetisk observation undersøger Sebald disse litterære skikkelsers aftryk på verden og på ham selv som læser og forfatter

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With a foreword by anthropologist Wade Davis and spanning 20 countries from Peru to the Philippines

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Woodland Wisdom - A Miscellany of Forest Facts, Fiction & Folklore Med skarpsindig analyse og poetiskDid you know that at one time the wood of the rowan tree was kept as a pocket charm against rheumatism? Or that the ancient Greeks believed trees possessed wood spirits, called dryads, that took the form of young women? Or that you can make blackberry whisky from the humble blackberry and absinthe from wormwood? This beautifully illustrated, eclectic book contains a mixture of fact and fiction about woodlands and forests, including information about