Sumario de plantas oficiosas : Un ensayo sobre la memoria de la flora

A chance encounter with a tree that survived the atomic bomb inspired Efrén Giraldo, a literature professor, grandson of farmers, and amateur gardener, to write the texts in this book. These texts aim to contribute to the inventory of plant fictions and iconography through stories of transplants, extinctions, and invasions. In these pages, he gathers real and imagined species, drawn from his own and others' interests, preferences, and life stories, as well as from literary, scientific, and artistic representations that reveal the astonishing intelligence of flora. This exuberantly erudite essay delves into the extraordinary resilience of the plant world and its role in our lives.