Book #2 for me is "Anastasia" by Vladimir Megre', 236 pages -
This is the first of 9 books in the Ringing Cedar series.... yet another "life-changer" book recommended to me by a good friend. This is an extremely difficult book to describe - part travelogue/documentary, part nature/environmental treatise and finally, a large part spiritual/religious.
It begins with the author, Vladimir Megre', a Siberian trader encountering Anastasia, a beautiful young woman, while on a river trip in Siberia. She takes him deep into the taiga (forest), to her home and then proceeds to share her amazing philosophy of life with him which includes the secret of the ringing Cedar trees. She then asks him to write a book to share with the rest of the world.... this book. From this book has sprung Anastasia groups around the world, poetry, websites, and of course 8 more books.
While I found the message of this book inspiring, especially the parts describing Anastasia's relationship with animals..... the writing itself was very stiff and surprisingly uninspiring.... perhaps this is partly due to this being a translation....Still, this was a thought-provoking read and one that I won't forget anytime soon.
This is the first of 9 books in the Ringing Cedar series.... yet another "life-changer" book recommended to me by a good friend. This is an extremely difficult book to describe - part travelogue/documentary, part nature/environmental treatise and finally, a large part spiritual/religious.
It begins with the author, Vladimir Megre', a Siberian trader encountering Anastasia, a beautiful young woman, while on a river trip in Siberia. She takes him deep into the taiga (forest), to her home and then proceeds to share her amazing philosophy of life with him which includes the secret of the ringing Cedar trees. She then asks him to write a book to share with the rest of the world.... this book. From this book has sprung Anastasia groups around the world, poetry, websites, and of course 8 more books.
While I found the message of this book inspiring, especially the parts describing Anastasia's relationship with animals..... the writing itself was very stiff and surprisingly uninspiring.... perhaps this is partly due to this being a translation....Still, this was a thought-provoking read and one that I won't forget anytime soon.
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