The Giving Tree (1 Viewer)

[john davies]

I just read this little book this morning. The simplest tale- considered by some, i understand, too sad for children, too simple for adults. To my mind it's profound, huge in its scope, moving and simply...perfect.

 

[Lance Nichols]

I have always loved this title. I was suprised when I learned my wife had never heard of it.

 

[john davies]

No wonder you have good taste, coming from Toronto- where a certain Welsh couple were made very welcome. Friendly people, the Canadians. And good shopping, yummy muffins...

 

[Chris Dias]

Yeah I also loved this book when I was a kid. A couple of years ago I bought it for a friend of mine and she thought it was great, even as a grown up.

 

[john davies]

I think it's especially good for grown ups (if they've grown up enough). It quietly suggests the important things in life and a whole range of major themes; parenting, childhood, time, memory, aging, identity, impending death, joy, sadness, separation, loss, consolation, nature's gifts, environmental damage, self-sacrifice, selfishness, materialism, fantasy and, above all, love. All in barely 600 words and a couple of dozen very simple illustrations. Eat your hearts out, Proust, Tolstoy, Cervantes, Joyce, Homer, Rabelais, Dostoevsky, Dickens....!

 

[Lance Nichols]

Stop it John, you're making me blush....

I discovered this book when I was about 7 or 8 I would guess. Always will be a favorite of mine.