The Bedside Book of Birds
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The Bedside Book of Birds by Graeme Gibson
Featuring a new foreword by Margaret Atwood!In this stunning assemblage of words and images, novelist and avid birdwatcher Graeme Gibson offers an extraordinary tribute to the venerable relationship between humans and
birds.
From the Aztec plumed serpent to the Christian dove to Plato's vision of the human soul growing wings, religion and philosophy use birds to represent our aspirational selves. Winged creatures appear in mythology and folk tales, and in literature by writers as diverse as Ovid, Thoreau, and T. S. Eliot. They've been omens, allegories, and guides; they've been worshipped, eaten, and feared. Birds figure tellingly in the work of such nature writers as Gilbert White and Peter Matthiessen, and are synonymous with the science of Darwin.
Gibson spent years collecting this gorgeously illustrated celebration of centuries of human response to the delights of the feathered tribes. The Bedside Book of Birds is for everyone who is intrigued by the artistic forms that humanity creates to represent its soul.
Gibson, Graeme: - Graeme Gibson was born and brought up in Glasgow where he attended Knightswood Secondary School and, later, Glasgow University. He started his working life as an engineer in telecommunications, work which took him to The Midlands and Yorkshire and which provides background for his novels. After attending university as a mature student in the mid 1970's he joined the legal profession and practised both civil and criminal law in his native Glasgow. His novels, The Janus Complex, Archangel and Redemption (the Dark Secrets Trilogy) are set mainly in Glasgow of the 1960's and 1970's and the political unrest that affected the whole of the United Kingdom at the time. Jamie Raeburn, his reluctant hero, becomes embroiled in political skulduggery and wrestles with his conscience throughout. The books take those who know Glasgow back to the recent past and evoke memories of places, times and situations.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780385547130 |
| ISBN 10 | 0385547137 |
| Title | The Bedside Book of Birds |
| Author | Graeme Gibson |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Nan A. Talese |
| Year published | 2021-03-30 |
| Number of pages | 392 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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