About the book: 1977 / The book by Italian writer Leo Lionni "Parallel Botany" talks about fictional plants in the real world, mysterious and elusive. Despite the tinge of mysticism, Lionni's designs look very believable. Stories about scientists and experiments create a completely realistic impression that we are talking about some little-known but real field of knowledge. And numerous stories about traditions and legends associated with the plants described in the book (of course, also fictional), make the text lively and easy to read, as if we were talking about real things, creatures, traditions and events. This book was not published in Russian, but for readers from Russia it was discovered and translated by Pavel Volkov (sivatherium.narod.ru).http://fb2.traumlibrary.net