The Snow Goose: A Story Of Dunkirk
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Edition: 10th aus ed.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Fair
Jacket: Wear and tear with damage
Pages: Yellowed
In the marshlands of Essex, a lonely, hunchbacked painter named Philip Rhayader finds an unexpected bond with a wounded snow goose and the timid young girl who brings it to him — a tender, unlikely friendship that war will ultimately transform into something transcendent. Paul Gallico's The Snow Goose, first published in 1941, is a spare and luminous novella set against the backdrop of the miraculous evacuation of Dunkirk in 1940, weaving together themes of isolation, beauty, sacrifice, and redemption with the quiet power of a fable. Gallico, primarily known as a sports journalist before turning to fiction, brings a remarkably delicate and poetic touch to this wartime tale, crafting prose that is both economical and deeply affecting. The snow goose itself serves as a potent symbol — of freedom, of the human spirit, and of the grace that can be found even in the darkest of times. Widely regarded as one of the finest short works of the Second World War era, this gem of a story asks a quietly devastating question: what does it mean to love something so fiercely that you would fly into the heart of chaos to protect it?
Author: Paul Gallico
Format: Hardback
Published: 1947
Genre: Historical fiction
Edition: 10th aus ed.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Fair
Jacket: Wear and tear with damage
Pages: Yellowed
In the marshlands of Essex, a lonely, hunchbacked painter named Philip Rhayader finds an unexpected bond with a wounded snow goose and the timid young girl who brings it to him — a tender, unlikely friendship that war will ultimately transform into something transcendent. Paul Gallico's The Snow Goose, first published in 1941, is a spare and luminous novella set against the backdrop of the miraculous evacuation of Dunkirk in 1940, weaving together themes of isolation, beauty, sacrifice, and redemption with the quiet power of a fable. Gallico, primarily known as a sports journalist before turning to fiction, brings a remarkably delicate and poetic touch to this wartime tale, crafting prose that is both economical and deeply affecting. The snow goose itself serves as a potent symbol — of freedom, of the human spirit, and of the grace that can be found even in the darkest of times. Widely regarded as one of the finest short works of the Second World War era, this gem of a story asks a quietly devastating question: what does it mean to love something so fiercely that you would fly into the heart of chaos to protect it?