Homing - On Pigeons, Dwellings and Why We Return

Zusatztext Day's stories from the history of human-pigeon relations are well chosen and well told ... there's a great deal to like in the simple imagery of a young family and their pigeons growing up together in an east London home Informationen zum Autor Jon Day is a writer, critic and academic. He is the author of Cyclogeography (Notting Hill Editions, 2015) and Homing (John Murray, 2019), which was a book of the year in the Guardian , The Spectator, Daily Telegraph and Observer, and was longlisted for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year award. He is a regular contributor to the London Review of Books , and his essays and reviews have also appeared in the Financial Times , New York Review of Books , Bookforum , n+1 , Guardian , The Spectator and many others. He teaches English and creative writing at King's College London. Klappentext Delves into the curious world of pigeon fancying, and explores the scientific mysteries of animal homing as well as the cultural meanings of home. A feral history of home, and our relationship with that most unloved bird. Zusammenfassung A feral history of home, and our relationship with that most unloved bird.

Product details

• Authors: Jon Day, Day Jon
• Publisher: John Murray
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 05.03.2020
• EAN: 9781473635401
• ISBN: 978-1-4736-3540-1
• No. of pages: 272
• Dimensions: 126 mm x 196 mm x 26 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Zoology; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Biographies, autobiographies; NATURE / Animals / General, NATURE / Animals / Birds, Memoirs, Zoology: birds (ornithology), Wildlife: birds & birdwatching, Nature and the natural world: general interest, Wildlife: birds and birdwatching: general interest, Birds, Including Cage Birds, As Pets