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 Snow Geese, The by Fiennes, William |
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Brief Description Snow geese spend their summers in the Canadian Arctic, on the tundra. Each autumn they migrate south, to Delaware, California and the Gulf of Mexico. In the spring they fly north again. This book describes the birds on their long journeys home, the grace of homecomings, and the strange gravity that home exerts. |
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Prizes Won By This Title (See the awards link at the top of the page for other prize winners) Winner of Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year Award 2003. Shortlisted for Samuel Johnson Prize 2002 and Thomas Cook Travel Book Award 2003. |
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Author Information William Fiennes writes for, among others, the London Review of Books, the TLS and the Daily Telegraph. He currently lives in London. |
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Author Profile William Fiennes writes for, among others, the London Review of Books, the TLS and the Daily Telegraph. He currently lives in London. |
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Synopsis Snow geese spend their summers in the Canadian Arctic, on the tundra. Each autumn they migrate south, to Delaware, California and the Gulf of Mexico. In the spring, they fly north again. William Fiennes decided to go with them and to write about his travels. What he produced turned out to be about very much more than geese. A blend of autobiography and reportage, its subject was also homecoming: the birds on their long journeys home, the grace of homecomings, the strange gravity that home exerts. The arc of Fiennes' extraordinary physical adventure formed the backbone for meditations on philosophy, natural science and personal memoir. The book thrums with ideas, with stories and anecdotes, with humankind as well as wild fowl, with the funny and observant insights of an assured and highly entertaining writer. 'With this beautiful, haunting debut Fiennes joins that small, very special band of writer-explorers - Emerson and Thoreau, Annie Dilard and Bruce Chatwin - who give us another pair of eyes: he has renewed the variety and wonder of the world' - Marina Warner. 'Fiennes is a very fine writer and this book is pure delight' - Peter Carey, winner of the Booker Prize 2001. |
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