AZ conjures lives, relationships, families, political upheavals in just a few paragraphs. This clever, tranquil novella begins with a professor telling his stepdaughter a bedtime story about trees while they wait for her mother to return. Stories within stories…
The Private Lives of Trees
£10.99
Edition:Paperback978180427024007/02/2023
Categories: 04. New Year 2023: Fiction, Fiction, New Paperbacks, New Year 2023
Tags: Fiction in Translation, South America, Trees
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