- Grief, Spirituality, Hawks, Falconry
When Helen Macdonald's father died suddenly on a London street, she was devastated. An experienced falconer, Helen had never before been tempted to train one of the most vicious predators, the goshawk, but in her grief, she saw that the goshawk's fierce and feral temperament mirrored her own.
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Contemplative, earnest, grave and intimate.
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- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- intimateepic
- character-ledplot-driven
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About the book
- Author
- Helen Macdonald
- First published
- 2006
- Pages
- 349
- Publisher
- Penguin Random House, ÁTICO DE LOS LIBROS, Hamish Hamilton
- Editions
- 29
- Language
- Polish, German, English, Chinese
- ISBN
- 9783548376721
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“The 6o-odd species of the falcon family Falconidae superficially resemble but are probably only distantly related to the other diurnal birds of prey such as hawks, eagles and vultures; some researchers think they are more closely related to owls.”
British author of prize winning "H is for Hawk"
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