As Kingfishers Catch Fire - Birds & Books

Zusatztext Alex Preston! better known for his novels! joined forces with artist Neil Gower to produce the delightful As Kingfishers Catch Fire ! an original look at the literature inspired by Britain's birdlife. Informationen zum Autor Alex Preston is a bestselling and award-winning novelist, most recently of the critically-acclaimed In Love and War . He appears regularly on BBC television and radio. He writes for GQ, Harper's Bazaar and Town & Country Magazine as well as monthly fiction reviews for the Observer . He is a Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing at the University of Kent. Klappentext An illustrated exploration of birds in literature. Preston explores the way authors throughout the centuries have captured the grace and unique appeal to imagination present in winged animals. As Kingfishers Catch Fire: Birds and Books is an illustrated and visually stunning exploration of birds in literature, from Ovid to Ted Hughes. Zusammenfassung As Kingfishers Catch Fire: Birds and Books is an illustrated and visually stunning exploration of birds in literature, from Ovid to Ted Hughes.

Product details

• Authors: Neil Gower, Gower Neil, Alex Preston, Preston Alex
• Assisted by: Neil Gower (Illustration)
• Publisher: Corsair
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.09.2019
• EAN: 9781472155146
• ISBN: 978-1-4721-5514-6
• No. of pages: 208
• Dimensions: 160 mm x 196 mm x 24 mm
• Subjects: Guides > Nature; Natur, Vogel, Literaturwissenschaft, allgemein, Memoirs, Englische Bücher / Geisteswissenschaften / Literaturwissenschaft, LITERARY CRITICISM / Subjects & Themes / Nature, NATURE / Birdwatching Guides, Birdwatching; Grief is the Thing with Feathers; Poetry; Tim Dee; Robert Macfarlane, Wildlife: birds and birdwatching: general interest