Fionnáin reviewed About Trees by Katie Holten
Review of 'About Trees' on 'GoodReads'
5 stars
One of the most beautiful and endearing books I have ever read.
Artist Katie Holten has created a forest on the pages. Bringing in writing on trees from those with the most rings (Plato) to those well matured (Le Guin, Borges) to the saplings (Andrea Bowers, Katie Paterson), this book is a magnificently interlinked series of texts, separated by Holten's own tree alphabet translating each piece into an abstract language. The texts are carefully selected, right down to Holten's own conversation with her paper supplier; each offers a different perspective on the tree as it relates to us and our world.