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Green Heart of the Tree
A.S. Woudstra
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Description for Green Heart of the Tree
Paperback. Intense, introspective essays explore African magical practice, the forest, and wildlife. "..lyrical and gritty, unflinching and tender." -Shawna Lemay? Series: Currents. Num Pages: 96 pages, b/w photos & maps. BIC Classification: 1H; GTB; WTL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 136 x 7. Weight in Grams: 146.
Woudstra's literary essays, rooted in personal experience and travel, are long and loving looks into the mysterious heart of Africa. Her writings explore topics as diverse as volcanic eruptions and wild trees, African art and ritual, life in Rwanda, and turtle eggs in warm sand. "Like Annie Dillard, Annette Woudstra is a poet of observation. She carefully works experience and reflection to create sentences and scenes of exceptional clarity and grace." -Greg Hollingshead
Woudstra's literary essays, rooted in personal experience and travel, are long and loving looks into the mysterious heart of Africa. Her writings explore topics as diverse as volcanic eruptions and wild trees, African art and ritual, life in Rwanda, and turtle eggs in warm sand. "Like Annie Dillard, Annette Woudstra is a poet of observation. She carefully works experience and reflection to create sentences and scenes of exceptional clarity and grace." -Greg Hollingshead
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Alberta Press Canada
Number of pages
82
Condition
New
Series
Currents
Number of Pages
96
Place of Publication
, Canada
ISBN
9780888644763
SKU
V9780888644763
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About A.S. Woudstra
A.S. Woudstra returned to Canada after living for several years in the central African country of Gabon. Her essays and poetry have been published in various Canadian literary and academic journals. Her research is published as Annette Wentworth. She now divides her time between South Africa and Edmonton, Alberta.
Reviews for Green Heart of the Tree
"I love these essays. Every word. I hesitate to tell you anything at all about them for fear you might presume familiarity and not buy this book. But these are some of the best essays I¹ve read in a very long time. I love an intelligent and sensitive narrator; one who is well-traveled, understanding, a conduit by which I see ... Read more