Being an Oak shows the hidden life and lessons of a 240-year-old tree

Through the life of Quercus the acorn and his woodland kin, Being an Oak reveals nature's quiet power to change, adapt, and heal when left alone

Being an Oak: Life as a Tree

By Laurent Tillon

Published by Ithaka Press

277 pages  ₹799

  Laurent Tillon’s Being an Oak has been translated from the French original Être un chêne: sous l’écorce de Quercus by Jessica Moore and tells the story of nature, using a forest and an oak tree within it as its focus. The oak, which Mr Tillon names Quercus, is located in Rambouillet Forest where he has spent a considerable time in the company of nature. 

Mr Tillon begins the story of Quercus 240 years ago in 1780, right from the moment Quercus, then an acorn, falls down