Green Mansions: An Exile's Journey Into the Wilds of Venezuela and His Doomed Love for the Spirit of the Forest, (Paperback)

<p><b>W.H. Hudson's most famous novel, </b><i><b>Green Mansions</b></i><b>, is the book that sparked the nature conservation movement. </b> </p><p>A master of natural history writing, W.H. Hudson forms a link between 19th-century Romanticism and the 20th-century ecological movement. </p><p>First published in 1904, <i>Green Mansions</i> owes much of its success to the mystic, near-religious feelings that pervade the story. Hudson's halting, poetic expressions combined with his descriptions of untouched natural beauty make the novel as powerful a call back to nature today as it was more than 100 years ago. </p><p>After a failed revolution, Abel is forced to seek refuge in the virgin forests of southwestern Venezuela. There, in his "green mansion," Abel meets the wood-nymph Rima, the last of a reclusive aboriginal race. The bird-girl's ethereal presence captivates him completely, but the love that blossoms is soon darkened by cruelty and sorrow. </p><p>Exploring a love somewhere between reality and imagination, <i>Green Mansions</i> is a poignant meditation on the loss of wilderness, the dream of a return to nature, and the bitter reality of the encounter between "savage" and "civilized" man. </p><p>The inspiration for the movie starring Audrey Hepburn, <i>Green Mansions</i> stunningly re-creates the untouched forests of South America with amazing detail.</p>

• Green Mansions: An Exile's Journey Into the Wilds of Venezuela and His Doomed Love for the Spirit of the Forest, (Paperback)
• Author: Overlook Press
• ISBN: 9781585679485
• Format: Paperback
• Publication Date: 2007-09-04
• Page Count: 272