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Book SynopsisAs the Great War rages across Europe, Rand Brandt, an idealistic young forester in the northwoods of Wisconsin, discovers a remarkable gift: his touch can grow any plant in minutes. Overjoyed, he dreams of devoting his life to conservation, restoring to its former glory a landscape devastated by lumbering.
Trade ReviewB. Pladek’s
Dry Land is a quest narrative, seeking forms of renewal for ravaged ecosystems and fraught human relationships. With quiet grace and a fearless gaze toward the entanglement of preservation and destruction, this meditative novel questions both the romance of landscape and the landscape of romance." - Sofia Samatar, author of
The White Mosque and
A Stranger in Olondria "A gorgeously imagined, deeply personal story of love and war, of the places we make and the places that make us. But most movingly, Pladek has written an ode to the ordinary magic of our extraordinary world." - Karen Joy Fowler, author of
Booth"In precise, elegant prose, B. Pladek has given us a story set over a hundred years ago but with startling resonance for today.
Dry Land is a deeply original novel that deserves attention. I can’t remember reading anything quite like it." - Ken Harvey, author of
The Book of Casey Adair
