“It seems the trees can count!” writes Peter Wohlleben in this astounding yet utterly boring book about trees. (I’m not sure how something can be astounding and boring at the same time, but Wohlleben has a peculiar talent for it. Which is fascinating in itself.)

The Hidden Life of Trees
By Peter Wohlleben
Greystone Books

But, wait. Trees can count? Well, how high can they count?

They can count to tree. One, two, tree.

Sorry. I was very proud of that joke when I committed it to paper late one night, but seeing it now in the light of day….

Counting is an interesting process. The first time I really thought about it was while reading Molloy, Malone Dies, and The Unnamable by Samuel Beckett. Early in the trilogy,... Leer Más