“Art and nature are siblings, branches of the one tree; and nowhere more than in the continuing inexplicability of many of their processes, and above all those of creation and of effect on their respective audiences.”
—pages 45-46
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 | The New York Times' Paper Cuts blog recommends The Tree, predicting that it's "likely to start loud and interesting arguments." |
| At The Paris Review online, Barry Lopez talks to Caitlin Roper on the 30th anniversary of John Fowles' book. |
| "A New Day for Wilderness" (New York Times editorial; December 28, 2010) |
| Bestselling author Diane Ackerman reacts to Fowles's warning about the our growing detachment from nature. [video] |
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Author (and fire lookout) Philip Connors confronts Fowles's idea that "what I gain most from nature is beyond words." |
| New Yorker music critic Alex Ross responds to ReadRollShow about Fowles's claim that "no art is truly teachable." [video] |
