
Nel libro si trova un po' di tutto quello che può interessare gli alberi: caratteristiche, simbologia (molto vaga), uso del legno. Ci sono molte poesie e ricordi personali (che però non sono particolarmente interessanti)
Forse chi non ha letto la "Mitologia degli alberi" potrà apprezzarlo meglio: io, ripeto, lo trovo superficiale. Comunque una lettura che può essere in qualche modo istruttiva per i giovani lettori.
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The beautiful title of this book (and his subtitle) has convinced me to buy this book. I have also read the index and after having read some paragraph I was definitively convinced. Unfortunately, after reading this book, I have found it rather superficial. I've got to say that about trees and their world I have read the famous "Mythologie des arbres" by Brosse (I have described in this blog) which is definitively at a very higher level.
Anyway in this "Between Earth adn Sky" one can find an overview about wood and trees: their characteristics, the use of wood, their symbolic value (extremely vague...), the relations between people and trees, and so on. Along the pages there are many poems and personal memories (actually not so interesting...)
Maybe, who has not read the Brosse's book may find this book interesting: I repeat, in my opinion it is superficial. However this is a potential useful reading for young readers.
Anyway in this "Between Earth adn Sky" one can find an overview about wood and trees: their characteristics, the use of wood, their symbolic value (extremely vague...), the relations between people and trees, and so on. Along the pages there are many poems and personal memories (actually not so interesting...)
Maybe, who has not read the Brosse's book may find this book interesting: I repeat, in my opinion it is superficial. However this is a potential useful reading for young readers.