The Overstory by Richard Powers
… when you cut down a tree, what you make from it should be at least as miraculous as what you cut down.
The Overstory (2018) is a powerful, literary novel, shortlisted for the 2018 Man Booker Prize. It sings, in part, a paean to the wonders of trees and the multitude of wonders that old-growth forests and a variety of trees brings to our world. It also mourns a tragedy: how humans relentlessly annihilate these priceless resources, and what drives some people to eco-terrorism.
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I might say "formulaic" actually.
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