On February 19, join n+1 for a celebration of Sophie Pinkham’s The Oak and the Larch, a cultural and environmental history that reveals how forests have made and resisted Russia’s many empires. Pinkham will discuss the book, which is out now from Norton, with n+1 founding editor Keith Gessen.
Copies of The Oak and the Larch will be for sale, along with beer and wine. The event is free and open to the public, but RSVPs are strongly encouraged. The n+1 office is wheelchair accessible. RSVP here.
Thursday, February 19
7 PM
n+1 office
37 Greenpoint Ave #316
Brooklyn
Praise for The Oak and the Larch
“The forest has been friend and enemy, sanctuary and prison, zone of industry and realm of the spirit. Sophie Pinkham gives us not just a new way to see Russian history but an unexpected source of inspiration for renewing our own relationship with the natural world.” —Ben Tarnoff
“For Sophie Pinkham, Russia’s forests contain everything: animals and spirits, legends and fairytales, seeds of the world’s greatest novels, whole histories of political repression and revolution, and hope for a radically post-national future. The Oak and the Larch is a towering achievement, a work of remarkable synthesis and sensitive storytelling.” —Merve Emre
“[An] expansive, often absorbing study of the role of the wilderness in the Russian imagination.” —The New York Times