{"product_id":"unchopping-a-tree","title":"Unchopping a Tree","description":"\u003cp\u003eTheres no mystery to chopping down a tree. But how do you put back together a tree thats been felled? Mystical instructions are required, and thats what W. S. Merwin provides in his prose piece Unchopping a Tree, appearing for the first time in a selfcontained volume. Written with a poets grace, an ecologists insights, and a Buddhists reverence for life, this elegant work describes the difficult, sacred job of reconstructing a tree. Step by step, page by page, with Merwins humble authority, secrets are revealed, and the destroyed tree rises from the forest floor. Unchopping a Tree opens with simplicity and grace: Start with the leaves, the small twigs, and the nest that have been shaken, ripped, or broken off by the fall; these must be gathered and attached once again to their respective places. W. S. Merwin, like many conservationists, is quick to say: When we destroy the socalled natural world around us were simply destroying ourselves. And I think its irreversible. Thus the tree takes on a scale that begs the readers compassion, and one tree is a parable for the restoration of all nature.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Trinity University Press","offers":[{"title":"Merwin, W. S. \/ hardcover","offer_id":47844415668469,"sku":"SONG1595341870","price":17.42,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/5804\/8501\/files\/51X9L8QytOL.jpg?v=1773813750","url":"https:\/\/ergodebooks.com\/products\/unchopping-a-tree","provider":"Ergodebooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}