Sous les arbres, by Jacques Tassin

A life of research and adventure in contact with trees Through the walks that have marked his life, Jacques Tassin, best-selling author of Penser comme un arbre (Thinking Like a Tree), which has sold over 17,000 copies, invites us on a sensory and adventurous journey in harmony with trees. “Our own temporality, like the rootedness of any tree, prevents us from seeing that forests are constantly moving, albeit much more slowly than we are, but without ever stopping,” says Jacques Tassin.

Evoking the wooded paths of his childhood, inspired by the forest trails of poet Maurice Genevoix, he takes us to the wild jungle on the edge of an unpredictable volcano or under the lush canopy of Réunion, where it is easy to get lost and where finding your way back requires listening to the forest.

A story that links science, sensory experiences and philosophical considerations, inspired by the thinking of an atypical scientist and his defense of a more sensitive relationship with the living world around us.

Softcover narrative, 13 x 20 cm, 160 pages