{"product_id":"9780061997778","title":"The Tree","description":"\u003cp\u003e“For years I have carried this book...with me on travels to reread, ponder, envy. In prose of classic gravity, precision, and delicacy, Fowles addresses matters of final importance.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—\u003cb\u003eLos Angeles Times Book Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“\u003cb\u003eThe Tree \u003c\/b\u003eis the fullest and finest exploration I’ve ever read of how the useless delights to be discovered in nature can ripen into the practice of art.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—Lewis Hyde, author of \u003cb\u003eThe Gift\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e “The most original argument for wilderness preservation I have encountered.”\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFinally back in print, here is the 30th anniversary edition of \u003cb\u003eThe Tree\u003c\/b\u003e—the renowned English novelist John Fowles’s (\u003cb\u003eThe Magus, The French Lieutenant’s Woman\u003c\/b\u003e) moving meditation on the connection between the natural world and human creativity. An inspiring modern ecological classic, \u003cb\u003eThe Tree \u003c\/b\u003eis both a powerful argument against taming the wild and a major author’s  inspiring and beautifully written defense of “the joys of getting lost,” and of spontaneity in life and art. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47015579549936,"sku":"9780061997778","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780061997778_p0.jpg?v=1763774638","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780061997778","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}