{"product_id":"how-i-became-a-tree-paperback","title":"How I Became a Tree - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSumana Roy\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn exquisite, lovingly crafted meditation on plants, trees, and our place in the natural world, in the tradition of Robin Wall Kimmerer's \u003ci\u003eBraiding Sweetgrass\u003c\/i\u003e and Annie Dillard's \u003ci\u003ePilgrim at Tinker Creek\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Sumana Roy has written--grown--a radiant and wondrous book.\"--Robert Macfarlane, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Old Ways: A Journey on Foot\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Beautiful. . . . Roy weaves together science, nature, personal narrative, literature, sociology, and more to keep the reader turning pages--and to turn us all into tree-lovers.\"--Kateri Kramer, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Rumpus\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"I was tired of speed. I wanted to live to tree time.\" So writes Sumana Roy at the start of \u003ci\u003eHow I Became a Tree\u003c\/i\u003e, her captivating, adventurous, and self-reflective vision of what it means to be human in the natural world. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Drawn to trees' wisdom, their nonviolent way of being, their ability to cope with loneliness and pain, Roy movingly explores the lessons that writers, painters, photographers, scientists, and spiritual figures have gleaned through their engagement with trees--from Rabindranath Tagore to Tomas Tranströmer, Ovid to Octavio Paz, William Shakespeare to Margaret Atwood. Her stunning meditations on forests, plant life, time, self, and the exhaustion of being human evoke the spacious, relaxed rhythms of the trees themselves. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Hailed upon its original publication in India as \"a love song to plants and trees\" and \"an ode to all that is unnoticed, ill, neglected, and yet resilient,\" \u003ci\u003eHow I Became a Tree\u003c\/i\u003e blends literary history, theology, philosophy, botany, and more, and ultimately prompts readers to slow down and to imagine a reenchanted world in which humans live more like trees.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSumana Roy\u003c\/b\u003e is associate professor of English and creative writing at Ashoka University in Haryana, India. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eMissing: A Novel\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eOut of Syllabus: Poems\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eMy Mother's Lover and Other Stories\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 248\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.69 x 8.5 x 5.57 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 20, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42697039085631,"sku":"9780300268140","price":19.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/98c920cef7d482e96bf6cacec8816edf.webp?v=1765008251","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/how-i-became-a-tree-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}