Author: Juan Goytisolo
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Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 168
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For Goytisolo, great writers are 'solitary birds' whose voice is an enchanting cry that pierces time.On his hospital bed, the persecuted narrator identifies with St John of the Cross, himself forced by the Inquisition to swallow his Treatise on the Qualities of the Solitary Bird. Through the scintillating successions of visions, soliloquies and ecstatic chants he converses with the banished saints. The agencies of repression have changed but, as in the past, a hideous revenge will be wrought on the heretic whose work is seen to be as deadly a contamination as AIDS. Four hundred years ago, St John creatively ransacked in his writing the cultures of Christianity, biblical Judaism and Muslim mysticism. Juan Goytisolo now pays rich homage, with atonal dissonance and constant invention.
The Virtues of the Solitary Bird
Author: Juan Goytisolo
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Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 168
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For Goytisolo, great writers are 'solitary birds' whose voice is an enchanting cry that pierces time.On his hospital bed, the persecuted narrator identifies with St John of the Cross, himself forced by the Inquisition to swallow his Treatise on the Qualities of the Solitary Bird. Through the scintillating successions of visions, soliloquies and ecstatic chants he converses with the banished saints. The agencies of repression have changed but, as in the past, a hideous revenge will be wrought on the heretic whose work is seen to be as deadly a contamination as AIDS. Four hundred years ago, St John creatively ransacked in his writing the cultures of Christianity, biblical Judaism and Muslim mysticism. Juan Goytisolo now pays rich homage, with atonal dissonance and constant invention.
Publisher:
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Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
For Goytisolo, great writers are 'solitary birds' whose voice is an enchanting cry that pierces time.On his hospital bed, the persecuted narrator identifies with St John of the Cross, himself forced by the Inquisition to swallow his Treatise on the Qualities of the Solitary Bird. Through the scintillating successions of visions, soliloquies and ecstatic chants he converses with the banished saints. The agencies of repression have changed but, as in the past, a hideous revenge will be wrought on the heretic whose work is seen to be as deadly a contamination as AIDS. Four hundred years ago, St John creatively ransacked in his writing the cultures of Christianity, biblical Judaism and Muslim mysticism. Juan Goytisolo now pays rich homage, with atonal dissonance and constant invention.
Solitary Bird
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Category : American poetry
Languages : en
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Category : American poetry
Languages : en
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The Myrtle
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Languages : en
Pages : 428
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Languages : en
Pages : 428
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Notes and Queries
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Category : Electronic journals
Languages : en
Pages : 572
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Category : Electronic journals
Languages : en
Pages : 572
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How to Know the Birds
Author: Ted Floyd
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ISBN: 1426220030
Category : House & Home
Languages : en
Pages : 308
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"In this elegant narrative, celebrated naturalist Ted Floyd guides you through a year of becoming a better birder. Choosing 200 top avian species to teach key lessons, Floyd introduces a new, holistic approach to bird watching and shows how to use the tools of the 21st century to appreciate the natural world we inhabit together whether city, country or suburbs." -- From book jacket.
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ISBN: 1426220030
Category : House & Home
Languages : en
Pages : 308
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"In this elegant narrative, celebrated naturalist Ted Floyd guides you through a year of becoming a better birder. Choosing 200 top avian species to teach key lessons, Floyd introduces a new, holistic approach to bird watching and shows how to use the tools of the 21st century to appreciate the natural world we inhabit together whether city, country or suburbs." -- From book jacket.
Birds of the World
Author: Frank Hall Knowlton
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Category : Birds
Languages : en
Pages : 936
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"Set forth in non-technical language the salient facts regarding the birds of the world ... Every family has been reviewed ... The treatment of the so-called game birds, both aquatic and non-aquatic, has purposely been made very full ... Main attention has been given to the birds as they appear in their homes--that is, their plumage, habits, songs; nests and eggs, food, etc."--Preface. 233 illustrations--color and black & white photographs, line drawings. Indexed.
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Category : Birds
Languages : en
Pages : 936
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"Set forth in non-technical language the salient facts regarding the birds of the world ... Every family has been reviewed ... The treatment of the so-called game birds, both aquatic and non-aquatic, has purposely been made very full ... Main attention has been given to the birds as they appear in their homes--that is, their plumage, habits, songs; nests and eggs, food, etc."--Preface. 233 illustrations--color and black & white photographs, line drawings. Indexed.
Zoologist
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Category : English periodicals
Languages : en
Pages : 518
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Category : English periodicals
Languages : en
Pages : 518
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Birds of La Plata
Author: William Henry Hudson
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Languages : en
Pages : 440
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Languages : en
Pages : 440
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A Solitary Bird
Author: Chico Guidry
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Languages : en
Pages : 11
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Languages : en
Pages : 11
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Cosmos
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Category : Geography
Languages : en
Pages : 442
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Category : Geography
Languages : en
Pages : 442
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