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| Notes from Walnut Tree Farm | 
 enlarge | Author: Roger Deakin
Publisher: Hamish Hamilton
Category: Book
List Price: £20.00
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Avg. Customer Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 210
Media: Hardcover
Pages: 224
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.2
Dimensions (in): 9.2 x 6.1 x 1.1
ISBN: 0241144205
EAN: 9780241144206
ASIN: 0241144205
Publication Date: October 30, 2008 (New: Last 30 Days)
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A view of the real world November 15, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
This is a wonderful book - both in the sense that is a great book, but also in the sense that it is full of wonder for the nature of the world and the people within it.
By its nature episodic it eventually draws a coherent picture of a man and his relationship with the landscape around him. The book is rooted in the observation of the real.
We seem to face a choice between the fantasy of virtual words and the reality of the actual word. This book is a strong reminder of the power and value of the real.
'My house was once an acorn' November 12, 2008
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
Essentially an edited collection of six years of Roger Deakin's diary entries and reflections on common environmental themes of trees, birds, customs, rain, insects and his delightful house and moat but also containing a (common)wealth of personal reflections on a variety of often very touching and poignant themes, such as loneliness and need. For example: 'I need someone to fold the sheet; someone to take the other end of the sheet and walk toward me and fold once again, then step back, fold and walk toward me again. We all need someone to fold the sheet. Someone to hitch on the coat at the neck. Someone to put on the kettle. Someone to dry up while I wash.'
This book, Like Mr Deakin's previous two, is a Cornish Pastie and a pint of Bitter for the psyche!
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