By Rafa de Miguel (
El Pais
)
In 2014, Canadian Joanna Pocock (Ottawa, 1965) decided to leave London, where she had lived for more than three decades, and, without prior preparation, immerse herself in the open spaces, still partly untamed, and in the spirit of the pioneers of the American West.
Missoula, Montana.
There, she and her husband chose to celebrate their 50th birthday, accompanied by their seven-year-old daughter.
The fruit of these two years is called Abandon (published by Éditions
Mémoire d'encrier
), a hybrid collection, halfway between essay and reportage, written with exquisite elegance.
Pocock mixes with the wolf trappers, the nomads who follow the bison on their long journey through a part of the continent, or the ecosexual community determined to make love with the Earth to save it from extinction.
Abandonment
, why this title?
Joanna Pocock.-
Because it is the first step towards full awareness and acceptance of…
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