July 2006
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il barone rampante
If I have to think of a novel that incorporates the essence of treehugging that would be The Baron in the Trees (Il barone rampante) by Italo Calvino. The novel is set in the 18th century in an imaginary town on the Italian Riviera. It is the story of Cosimo Piovasco di Rondò, a kid that, in protest against his noble family and society, decides to spend the rest of his life living on the trees....