6/23/2023 0 Comments The overstory novel![]() ![]() Here are a handful of questions for you to consider. Again, it seems to me that Powers darkens material that may already strike you as dark to begin with. Moments especially relevant for a reading of The Overstory include the opening, the Warren Creek Blockade (12:30), episodes of tree-sitting and pepper spray (19:30), pepper spray applied to the eyes of people in lock-down (36:00ish) and the overall narrative of arson and trial for eco-terrorism. It is currently available for free on Tubi, or for $3.99 on Amazon prime. If a Tree Falls is (to me) both fascinating and powerful. ![]() I’m still curious, however, about why Powers turns this material darker than his original: Julia Hill’s triumph is not something he will allow his characters to enjoy. The Legacy of Luna is a little ungainly as a text, but a few key episodes, such as responding to a massive storm while in the tree, or being buzzed by a helicopter, are picked up by Powers and powerfully rewritten. Suzanne Simard is a real-life candidate for Patricia she and Peter Wohlleben pair up in a documentary entitled Intelligent Trees ( ). The Hidden Life of Trees is (in my mind) the analogue to Patricia’s powerful book The Secret Forest, which affects each of the other characters in the novel as they encounter its poetic explanations of arboreal community and sentience. ![]()
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