“[The 20th Century] is in fact the first to show some sort of general and international concern [for nature]; and I do not think we should be too self-congratulatory about that. The future may well judge that we had both the scientific awareness and the political organization, the potential, to do much more than we have done.”
—page 63
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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] |
