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Two Trees Make a Forest - On Memory, Migration and Taiwan

Inglese · Tascabile

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I have learned many words for 'island': isle, atoll, eyot, islet, or skerry. They exist in archipelagos or alone, and always, by definition, I have understood them by their relation to water. But the Chinese word for island knows nothing of water. For a civilisation grown inland from the sea, the vastness of mountains was a better analogue: (dao, 'island') built from the relationship between earth and sky. Between tectonic plates and conflicting cultures, Taiwan is an island of extremes: high mountains, exposed flatlands, thick forests. After unearthing a hidden memoir of her grandfather's life, written on the cusp of his total memory loss, Jessica J Lee hunts his story, in parallel with exploring Taiwan, hoping to understand the quakes that brought her family from China, to Taiwan and Canada, and the ways in which our human stories are interlaced with geographical forces. Part-nature writing, part-biography, Two Trees Make a Forest traces the natural and human stories that shaped an island and a family.

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Autori Jessica J Lee, Jessica J. Lee, Lee Jessica J.
Editore Virago Press Ltd
 
Lingue Inglese
Formato Tascabile
Pubblicazione 31.05.2020
 
EAN 9780349011042
ISBN 978-0-349-01104-2
Pagine 256
Dimensioni 128 mm x 200 mm x 16 mm
Categorie Saggistica > Filosofia, religione > Biografie, autobiografie

Nature / Plants / Flowers, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / General, HISTORY / Asia / China, NATURE / Ecosystems & Habitats / Forests & Rainforests, NATURE / Earthquakes & Volcanoes, TRAVEL / Asia / East / China

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