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The White Birch - A Russian Reflection (Paperback)
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The White Birch - A Russian Reflection (Paperback)
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List price R318
Loot Price R289
Discovery Miles 2 890
You Save R29 (9%)
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'A beautiful and profound meditation on the way landscape shapes
art and life. I was entranced by The White Birch, a book that comes
close to encapsulating the vast enigma of Russia in the form of a
single tree' Alex Preston, author of Winchelsea and As Kingfishers
Catch Fire The birch. Genus Betula. One of the northern
hemisphere's most widespread and easily recognisable trees, and
Russia's unofficial national emblem. From Catherine the Great's
garden follies and Tolstoy's favourite chair to the Chernobyl
exclusion zone and drunken nights in Moscow, art critic Tom
Jeffreys leads us across Russia's diverse land to understand its
dramatically shifting identity. As we walk through lost landscapes,
discover historic artworks, explore the secret online world of
Russian brides, and relive encounters between some of Russia's
greatest artists and writers, we uncover a myriad of overlapping
meanings surrounding the humble birch tree. Curious, resonant and
idiosyncratic, The White Birch is a unique collection of journeys
that grapples with the riddle of Russianness.
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