Philippe Claudel: TREE OF THE TORAJA Z44 [2018] paperback Condition:New a deeply satisfying pageturner

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Philippe Claudel: TREE OF THE TORAJA Z44 [2018] paperback Condition:New a deeply satisfying pageturnerA middle aged filmmaker visits Indonesia and becomes entranced by the Toraja custom of interning the bodies of very young deceased children in the trunks of trees. In time, the trunk heals, encasing and protecting the tiny bodies as the tree grows slowly heavenwards. On his return to France, the filmmaker receives news that his dearest friend is dying of cancer, prompting a reflection on the part death occupies in our existence, our inability to