Nightingales in Berlin: Searching for the Perfect Sound

by David Rothenberg

Book Overview

A celebrated figure in myth, song, and story, the nightingale has captivated the imagination for millennia, its complex song evoking a prism of human emotions, --from melancholy to joy, from the fear of death to the immortality of art.
But have you ever listened closely to a nightingale's song? It's a strange and unsettling sort of composition--an eclectic assortment of chirps, whirs, trills, clicks, whistles, twitters, and gurgles. At times...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 022646718X
• ISBN13: 9780226467184
• Release Date: May 2019
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 1.02 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.2" x 9.1"