The Language of Birds
Autor Norbert Scheuer Traducere de Stephen Brownen Limba Engleză Paperback – 4 oct 2018
It
is
2003,
and
Paul
Arimond
is
serving
as
a
paramedic
in
Afghanistan.
The
twenty-four-year-old
has
no
illusions
of
becoming
a
hero.
Rather,
he
has
chosen
the
army
to
escape
the
tragedies
of
his
past
and
his
own
feelings
of
guilt.
As
a
result,
he
finds
himself
in
the
same
land,
now
war-torn,
where
an
ancestor
of
his,
Ambrosius
Arimond,
a
late
eighteenth-century
traveler
and
ornithologist,
once
explored
and
developed
the
theory
of
a
universal
language
of
birds.
As visceral horrors and everyday banalities of the war threaten to engulf Paul, he, like his great-great-grandfather, finds his very own refuge in Afghanistan’s natural world. In a diary filled with exquisite drawings of birds and ruminations on the life he left behind, Paul describes his experiences living with two comrades who are fighting their own demons and his befriending of an Afghan man, Nassim, as well as his dreams of escaping the restrictive base camp and visiting the shores of a lake visible from the lookout tower. But when he finally reaches the lake one night, he finds himself in the midst of a chain of events that, with his increasingly fragile state of mind, has dramatic—and ultimately heartbreaking—consequences.
A meditative novel that shows a new side to the conflict in Afghanistan,The Language of Birdstakes a moving look at the all-too-human costs of war and questions what it truly means to fight for freedom.
As visceral horrors and everyday banalities of the war threaten to engulf Paul, he, like his great-great-grandfather, finds his very own refuge in Afghanistan’s natural world. In a diary filled with exquisite drawings of birds and ruminations on the life he left behind, Paul describes his experiences living with two comrades who are fighting their own demons and his befriending of an Afghan man, Nassim, as well as his dreams of escaping the restrictive base camp and visiting the shores of a lake visible from the lookout tower. But when he finally reaches the lake one night, he finds himself in the midst of a chain of events that, with his increasingly fragile state of mind, has dramatic—and ultimately heartbreaking—consequences.
A meditative novel that shows a new side to the conflict in Afghanistan,The Language of Birdstakes a moving look at the all-too-human costs of war and questions what it truly means to fight for freedom.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781910376638
ISBN-10: 1910376639
Pagini: 160
Ilustrații: 25 halftones
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 20 mm
Greutate: 0.25 kg
Editura: HAUS PUBLISHING
Colecția Haus Publishing
ISBN-10: 1910376639
Pagini: 160
Ilustrații: 25 halftones
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 20 mm
Greutate: 0.25 kg
Editura: HAUS PUBLISHING
Colecția Haus Publishing
Notă biografică
Norbert
Scheueris
a
writer
who
lives
in
the
Eifel
region
of
Germany.Stephen
Brownis
a
playwright,
translator,
and
cultural
critic.
His
translations
from
German
include
Joachim
Sartorius’sThe
Princes’
Islandsand
Birgit
Haustedt’sRilke’s
Venice.
Recenzii
“Norbert
Scheuer
has
created
a
small
gem
of
wartime
writing.”
“One
of
the
most
sophisticated
writers
this
country
has
produced
in
recent
years.”
“A
compositional
masterpiece.”
“A
beautiful
exploration
of
constraints,
freedom,
and
death.
.
.
.The
Language
of
Birdsis
an
atmospheric
and
poignant
novel.”
"Scheuer’sThe
Language
of
Birdsfollows
protagonist
Paul
Arimond,
an
army
paramedic,
as
he
navigates
war-torn
Afghanistan
in
2003.
Paul
treads the same ground as his ancestor, Ambrosius Arimond, an ornithologist who traveled to Afghanistan in the late eighteenth century. The narrative follows Paul’s diary entries detailing the birds he encounters, illustrations of these creatures, as well as letters written by Ambrosius. This format, combined with Scheuer’s poetic prose, allows readers intimate access into Paul’s mind, resulting in a poignant look at personal tragedy and the atrocities of war."
treads the same ground as his ancestor, Ambrosius Arimond, an ornithologist who traveled to Afghanistan in the late eighteenth century. The narrative follows Paul’s diary entries detailing the birds he encounters, illustrations of these creatures, as well as letters written by Ambrosius. This format, combined with Scheuer’s poetic prose, allows readers intimate access into Paul’s mind, resulting in a poignant look at personal tragedy and the atrocities of war."