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Erté - The Silent by Andrew P. Whittaker

"Between the stillness of stone and the breath of wind, there lives a witness."
For four thousand years, a single tree has stood in quiet endurance - watching empires rise and fall, hearing the murmur of prayers, the clash of steel, the hum of machines.
It has no voice, no movement, yet it remembers everything.
Through Erté - The Silent, Andrew P. Whittaker invites you into a breathtaking, meditative journey across human history as seen through the patient eyes of a being that never speaks - but understands.
Told in poetic, timeless prose, this novel bridges literature, art, and philosophy to explore what it means to endure, to evolve, and to belong to the Earth itself.
Each chapter forms a ring in Erté's memory - from the moment a seed is caught between stone, to its slow leaning toward light, and finally to the silent continuity of renewal.
This is not a story of noise and action, but of presence, patience, and the geometry of life.
The book's graphite illustrations (available in the hardcover edition) are not mere visuals - they are pauses in time:

  • Origin - The seed between stone.
  • The Lean - The posture of endurance.
  • The Child and the Seed - Renewal through transformation.
In the hardcover, these are followed by a brief reflective essay, "The Physics of Stillness," connecting the story's quiet beauty with the author's own research into deterministic physics and the concept of Intermediate Entropy - the idea that life exists in the balance between chaos and order.
It's a scientific echo to the book's poetic truth: that all endurance is harmony.
Readers have called Erté - The Silent "a meditative experience rather than a novel," and "a book that listens as much as it speaks."
If you love the contemplative worlds of Richard Powers' The Overstory, the philosophical lyricism of Paulo Coelho's The Alchemist, or the spiritual timelessness of Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet, then Erté - The Silent will stay with you long after the final page - quiet, enduring, alive.

Edition Notes

  • Paperback Edition:
    The pure literary experience. Designed for immersive reading - 12-pt Garamond, 1.5-line spacing, wide margins.
    A story to be carried and read slowly, like a whispered memory.
  • Hardcover Edition:
    The definitive art-literary edition. Includes three graphite illustrations and The Physics of Stillness - an afterword linking art, philosophy, and the author's deterministic framework of the universe.
    Printed on matte cream paper for museum-quality texture.

Key Themes
  • The endurance of nature and the fragility of civilization
  • Time as silence, not as motion
  • The balance between order and chaos
  • Determinism and the quiet geometry of survival
  • Renewal through surrender and asymmetry

Who It's For
Readers drawn to:
  • Literary eco-fiction and contemplative novels
  • Philosophy of existence, time, and consciousness
  • Beautifully written slow literature
  • Books that blend science, art, and spirituality
Perfect for fans of:
  • The Overstory by Richard Powers
  • The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran
  • Solaris by Stanislaw Lem
  • The Tree of Life (film, dir. Terrence Malick)

"Erté - The Silent, is a lyrical eco-fiction that tracks the life of a lone mountain pine through centuries of change. Andrew P. Whittaker's poetic prose and contemplative pacing invite readers into a meditation on time, memory, and nature's enduring resilience." - Independent Review, 2025

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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9798274202817
  • Publisher: Independently Published
  • Publisher Imprint: Independently Published
  • Height: 229 mm
  • No of Pages: 148
  • Spine Width: 8 mm
  • Width: 152 mm
  • ISBN-10: 8274202813
  • Publisher Date: 12 Nov 2025
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Weight: 208 gr


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