Al centro di questo libro vi � un cerchio di un metro di diametro. Meno di un metro quadrato di foresta del Tennessee, che grazie all'abilit� di David Haskell diventa una piccola finestra spalancata sul vasto mondo della natura: il biologo americano � infatti "convinto che le storie ecologiche della foresta siano tutte rappresentate in un'area grande quanto un mandala, e addirittura che la verit� della foresta possa essere rivelata in modo pi� intenso e chiaro dalla contemplazione di una piccola superficie che non indossando gli stivali delle sette leghe per coprire lunghe distanze in un intero continente senza per� scoprire quasi nulla". Per un anno Haskell � andato quasi ogni giorno nel luogo prescelto e il suo resoconto � un ritratto vivido della foresta e dei suoi abitanti colti nel mutare delle stagioni. Ogni breve capitolo inizia con una semplice osservazione: una salamandra che guizza da sotto le foglie, l'effimera fioritura dei fiori selvatici primaverili, il dinamico germogliare delle felci, due chiocciole fuse in un groviglio amoroso... A partire da minimi accadimenti e accurati dettagli l'autore intreccia biologia e processi ecologici, mettendo in relazione la flora e la fauna con i fenomeni naturali, descrivendo gli ecosistemi che si sono succeduti per migliaia, a volte milioni, di anni. Ogni sua visita alla foresta diventa cosi una storia naturale in miniatura, nella quale vengono sbrogliate le intricate connessioni tra le creature e le piante che dimorano nei boschi.

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