CRITIQUE: Studies in Contemporary Fiction, June 22nd, 1994
Peter Matthiessen's novel 'Far Tortuga' has a form which mirrors its concern with ecology. The novel incorporates the author's experiences on a turtle boat, along with a Zen attitude to life. The story covers the capture of turtles at sea, the sinking of the ship and the freeing of a turtle by the sole survivor. The split between nature and man is bridged in the Zen viewpoint, and man is included in the ecological interrelationship of creatures.
A perception of the interrelatedness of all life underlies the work of any writer with ecological concerns, but no career illustrates this point as c...
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