Witness TreesWitness Trees, or Testigos, are umbrella pines that survive the passing of sand dunes in the Donana Nature Reserve, in the south western Spanish province of Huelva. In Witness Trees, Lorna Shaughnessy chronicles several mysterious journeys in a search for resolution; although the nature of the mystery may not always be specified, it nudges uncomfortably within wintry and unrelenting settings, reminding us of that dark but often unstated material world