Closer to the Ground
Autor Dylan Tomineen Limba Engleză Paperback – 13 oct 2015
În Closer to the Ground, protagonistul nu este doar tatăl, ci însăși ideea de familie care redescoperă lumea. Observăm cum copiii se vor identifica imediat cu această dorință de explorare, deoarece autorul Dylan Tomine nu le oferă doar teorii despre ecologie, ci îi implică direct în aventura supraviețuirii blânde: de la căutarea gălbiorilor în pădure până la pescuitul somonului. Este o poveste despre curiozitate și despre cum natura devine cel mai bun profesor atunci când este trăită, nu doar citită.
Subliniem modul în care proza lui Tomine reușește să captureze ritmul celor patru anotimpuri, transformând fiecare capitol într-o lecție de recunoștință. Ca și Never Cry Halibut, această lucrare reușește să educe și să distreze fără a fi didactică, folosind umorul și momentele de vulnerabilitate pentru a crea o conexiune reală cu cititorul. Merită menționat că, spre deosebire de alte volume de parenting, aici accentul cade pe experiența senzorială — mirosul pământului după ploaie sau gustul unei cine preparate cu ingrediente culese de micii exploratori.
Poziționată în contextul operei autorului, dacă în Headwaters Dylan Tomine se concentra pe pasiunea sa pentru pescuitul la muscă, în Closer to the Ground el extinde această viziune către întreaga familie. Această ediție revizuită de la Patagonia aduce un plus de valoare prin fotografiile color și rețetele incluse, transformând volumul într-un ghid practic și inspirațional pentru părinții care doresc să își crească copiii cu un respect profund față de mediul înconjurător.
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Specificații
ISBN-10: 1938340507
Pagini: 264
Dimensiuni: 154 x 191 x 17 mm
Greutate: 0.34 kg
Editura: Patagonia
Locul publicării:Canada
De ce să citești această carte
Recomandăm această carte părinților care caută o alternativă la ecrane și doresc să își reconecteze copiii (recomandat pentru vârste de peste 6 ani în activități asistate) cu ritmurile naturii. Cititorul câștigă nu doar o lectură caldă, ci și un set de rețete și activități practice pentru a transforma ieșirile în pădure în amintiri culinare și lecții de viață prețioase.
Despre autor
Dylan Tomine este un cunoscut activist pentru conservarea naturii, fermier specializat în afine și un împătimit al pescuitului. Colaborator constant al brandului Patagonia și participant activ în comunitățile de scriitori dedicați mediului, Tomine își folosește experiența de viață pentru a promova un stil de existență sustenabil. Lucrările sale, precum Headwaters, reflectă o legătură profundă cu apele și pădurile din Pacific Northwest, transformând pasiunile sale în povești despre responsabilitate și dragoste față de mediul înconjurător.
Descriere scurtă
The deeply personal story of a father learning to share his love of nature with his children, not through the indoor lens of words or pictures, but directly, palpably, by exploring the natural world as they forage, cook and eat from the woods and sea.
This compelling, masterfully written tale follows Dylan Tomine and his family through four seasons as they hunt chanterelles, fish for salmon, dig clams and gather at the kitchen table, mouths watering, to enjoy the fruits of their labor. Closer to the Ground captures the beauty and surprise of the natural world — and the ways it teaches us how to live — with humor, gratitude and a nose for adventure as keen as a child’s. It is a book filled with weather, natural history and many delicious meals.
Recenzii
A conservation advocate and blueberry farmer shares his love of nature with his children by teaching them to forage, fish, and find firewood. -- O Magazine
“Tomine is too modest to boast, but he’s clearly an adept writer, and Closer to the Ground is as understated as its author, a quietly compelling account of four seasons of foraging just out the back door... This is some of the most evocative, mouthwatering food writing I’ve ever read... The strength of the book, of course, is that, like Tomine, it leads by example. It’s a paean to eating locally without ever being preachy.” —Outside
“...Tomine expresses peace, gratitude, and satisfaction with life and Mother Nature in an homage reminiscent of Noel Perrin’s ruminations on the pleasures of the simple life... While Tomine’s memoir is decidedly food-focused (particularly food specific to the Pacific Northwest), he also shares thoughts on matters large and small, whether the many uses of plastic buckets or the trade-offs that must be made in choosing a budget-friendly sustainable lifestyle. That their lifestyle creates quality time for the family is evident from a conversation with his daughter and sweet moments in the woods with his son.”
—Publishers Weekly
“Tomine weaves his memoir with lyrical passages, family dialogues and accounts of gathering shellfish and chanterelles—as well as delicious descriptions of cooking them—in an engaging, slightly self- deprecating tone... Closer to the Ground inspires readers to examine their own daily lives and rediscover their surroundings.” —Shelf Awareness
“Closer to the Ground is a pleasure to read, depicting as it does the days and seasons of a family intent on living joyfully, and providing at the same time a lively meditation on our relationship with nature. I found its buoyant, irrepressible, self-deprecating tone entirely winning, and was drawn in, happily, from page one.” —David Guterson, author of Snow Falling on Cedars
"Closer is a good-humored guide to teaching our kids how to learn from nature as teacher and mentor... You can see in Dylan’s kids, the more time they spend foraging and fishing with their dad, just how different their relation is to the food they eat, and how they develop a confidence anyone of any age could envy." —Yvon Chouinard, founder and owner of Patagonia
“Tomine finds…a way for regular people to live a little more consciously in a world that underpins the contrails and Twitter feeds of our twenty-first-century civilization. Closer to the Ground is accessible, well written, and optimistic. It is a warm reminder that even on the days when salmon are scarce, it is a kind of sustenance to be in the boat together under the sun and to feel the tension on the lines and the rhythm of shifting water in our bodies. –Orion
"When Dylan Tomine was young, he and his friends would scamper throughout the neighborhood picking blackberries. 'If you pick ‘em, I’ll bake it,' his mom would tell him. It was the remembrance of his mom’s steaming, fragrant pies, fresh out of the oven that years later would, in part, make wild food gathering a way in which his family could spend time together in the outdoors. In this beautifully written and heartfelt account, Tomine describes his family’s forays into nature. They grow vegetables, fish for salmon, dig for oysters, forage for mushrooms, and hunt for deer. The book is not about survival. Tomine fully admits that they still get much more of their food from the grocery store, but, rather it’s a way to raise a family in modern times while remaining grounded with the natural environment." --National Outdoor Book Awards
Notă biografică
Thomas Francis McGuane III is an American author. His work includes ten novels, short fiction and screenplays, as well as three collections of essays devoted to his life in the outdoors.
Textul de pe ultima copertă
Honorable Mention, National Outdoor Book Awards, 2013
“A pleasure to read . . . buoyant, irrepressible . . . entirely winning.”
--David Guterson, author of Snow Falling On Cedars
A deeply personal story of a father learning to share his love of nature with his children, not through the indoor lens of words or pictures, but directly, palpably, by exploring the natural world as they forage, cook, and eat from the woods and sea.
Closer to the Ground captures the beauty and surprise of the natural world – and the ways it teaches us how to live – with humor, gratitude and a nose for adventure as keen as a child’s. It is a book filled with weather, natural history, and many delicious meals.
Dylan Tomine, formerly a fly fishing guide, is now a writer, conservation advocate, blueberry farmer, and father, not necessarily in that order. His work has appeared in The Flyfish Journal, The Drake, Golfweek, The New York Times, and numerous other publications. He lives with his family on an island in Puget Sound.