H is for Hawk by Helen Macdonald
Discover the number one bestselling phenomenon that is a powerful and profound mediation on grief expressed through the trials of training a goshawk. As a child, Helen Macdonald was determined to become a falconer, learning the arcane terminology and reading all the classic books.
This beautiful book is at once heartfelt and clever in the way it mixes elegy with celebration: elegy for a father lost, celebration of a hawk found - and in the finding also a celebration of countryside, forbears of one kind and another, life-in-deathAt a time of very distinguished writing about the relationship between human kind and the environment, it is immediately pre-eminent. -- Andrew Motion
I'm convinced it's going to be an absolute classic of nature writing. -- Nick Barley * Guardian *
I can't remember the last time a book made me feel so many different things in such quick succession. -- Rachel Cooke * Guardian *
Nature-writing, but not as you know it. Astounding. * Bookseller *
Astounding. * Bookseller *
A talon-sharp memoir that will thrill and chill you to the bone... Fascinating. -- Craig Brown * Mail on Sunday *
A soaring triumph. -- Christian House * Daily Telegraph *
Beautiful. * Sport *
Vivid and fascinating. -- James Attlee * Independent *
Soars beyond genres, and burns with emotional and intellectual intensity. * Nature *
A soliloquy that sings from the pages. Truly beautiful. -- Rufus the Hawk * Twitter *
Heartbreaking. * Grazia *
Macdonald makes nature writing new. * For Books Sake *
Unusual and incredibly moving. * Twin Magazine *
A masterpiece. -- Metro * Patricia Nicol *
Never has the eye of a raptor assumed such fearful, beautiful meaning. -- Philip Hoare * New Statesman *
Big-hearted, joyful and blazing with gorgeous descriptions of nature, H is for Hawk is an unusual but very special memoir. * Good Housekeeping *
Lyrical, headlong, humourous. -- Iain Finlayson * New Statesman *
As phenomenal, unusual, moving and agile as a fearsome bird of prey. * Monocle *
An elegant, disturbing and heart-warming book. * Wharfedale Observer *
I'm convinced it's going to be an absolute classic of nature writing. -- Nick Barley * Guardian *
I can't remember the last time a book made me feel so many different things in such quick succession. -- Rachel Cooke * Guardian *
Nature-writing, but not as you know it. Astounding. * Bookseller *
Astounding. * Bookseller *
A talon-sharp memoir that will thrill and chill you to the bone... Fascinating. -- Craig Brown * Mail on Sunday *
A soaring triumph. -- Christian House * Daily Telegraph *
Beautiful. * Sport *
Vivid and fascinating. -- James Attlee * Independent *
Soars beyond genres, and burns with emotional and intellectual intensity. * Nature *
A soliloquy that sings from the pages. Truly beautiful. -- Rufus the Hawk * Twitter *
Heartbreaking. * Grazia *
Macdonald makes nature writing new. * For Books Sake *
Unusual and incredibly moving. * Twin Magazine *
A masterpiece. -- Metro * Patricia Nicol *
Never has the eye of a raptor assumed such fearful, beautiful meaning. -- Philip Hoare * New Statesman *
Big-hearted, joyful and blazing with gorgeous descriptions of nature, H is for Hawk is an unusual but very special memoir. * Good Housekeeping *
Lyrical, headlong, humourous. -- Iain Finlayson * New Statesman *
As phenomenal, unusual, moving and agile as a fearsome bird of prey. * Monocle *
An elegant, disturbing and heart-warming book. * Wharfedale Observer *
Helen Macdonald is a writer, poet, naturalist and historian of science. Their books include H is for Hawk, which won many prizes including the Costa Book of the Year and the Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction, and the Sunday Times bestselling Vesper Flights. They live in Suffolk with their two parrots.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780099575450 |
| ISBN 10 | 0099575450 |
| Title | H is for Hawk |
| Author | Helen Macdonald |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Vintage Publishing |
| Year published | 2015-02-26 |
| Number of pages | 320 |
| Prizes | Winner of Samuel Johnson Prize 2014 (UK), Winner of Costa Biography Award 2015 (UK), Short-listed for Thwaites Wainwright Prize 2015 (UK) |
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