A collection of three stunning essays on Africa by Peter Matthiessen - 'beyond dispute the best nature writer working today' (Peter Farb).
Peter Matthiessen was a naturalist, explorer and writer. His works of fiction include At Play in the Fields of the Lord, Far Tortuga and the acclaimed 'Watson Trilogy'. His explorations resulted in many fine works of non-fiction, among them The Snow Leopard, The Cloud Forest and The Tree where Man was Born. He died in 2014, aged 86.
A profoundly moving portrait of the region... Even now, years after
I first read it, The Tree Where Man was Born seems imbued with
precious vision
*Sunday Times*
The skilled naturalist writer is almost as rare as the Congo
peacock or the pygmy elephant - both subjects of the quest Peter
Matthiessen conducts in African Silences. 'Skilled' is almost an
insulting understatement for Matthiessen's sharply captivating
prose
*Financial Times*
The Tree Where Man Was Born is a truly magnificent book that will
be just as important 50 years from now
*Peter Farb*
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