Sparrow Tree

by Gwyneth Lewis

Gwyneth Lewis's highly inventive Sparrow Tree puts nature writing in a spin, presenting a huge variety of birds, both British and American: blue tits, blackbirds, egrets, juncos, starlings, herons and hummingbirds as well as the sparrows of the title. The book explores birds as mouthpieces for inhuman song and the wild inside the mind. Launching flights of avian fancy or fantasy on several levels, Sparrow Tree moves from birdsong as proto-language...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1852248998
• ISBN13: 9781852248994
• Release Date: May 2011
• Publisher: Bloodaxe Books
• Length: 64 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 5.3" x 8.4"