The Man Who Planted Trees Metaphysical & Visionary Fiction only to encounter a troubled

only to encounter a troubled young boy who

'She has examined the heart of man with an understanding

how psychotherapy really works

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Lydia Davis

The Man Who Planted Trees Metaphysical & Visionary Fiction only to encounter a troubledA sustainably printed reissue of the 1953 classic 'And so, with great care, he planted his hundred acorns' In 1910, while hiking through the wild lavender in a wind swept, desolate valley in Provence, a man comes across a shepherd called Elzard Bouffier. Staying with him, he watches Elzard sorting and then planting hundreds of acorns as he walks through the wilderness. Ten years later, after surviving the First World War, he visits the shepherd again