Dead Birds
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Author: Trevor Shearston
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 240
'[A] virtuoso work daring the limits of credibility in the name of truth' - Roger McDonald, author of The Ballad of Desmond Kale and Mr Darwin's Shooter This beautifully crafted, evocative novel is set in Papua New Guinea and based on the 1877 journey of the Italian naturalist, collector and explorer Luigi d'Albertis as he and his crew travel up the Fly River in search of new specimens, ethnographic artefacts and the much-prized bird of paradise. It is told from the perspective of a head in a jar, the head of a local tribesman, killed and preserved by Albertis's crew. Two cultures, two totally opposite world views are dramatised moment by moment in this stunningly original work.
Author: Trevor Shearston
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 240
'[A] virtuoso work daring the limits of credibility in the name of truth' - Roger McDonald, author of The Ballad of Desmond Kale and Mr Darwin's Shooter This beautifully crafted, evocative novel is set in Papua New Guinea and based on the 1877 journey of the Italian naturalist, collector and explorer Luigi d'Albertis as he and his crew travel up the Fly River in search of new specimens, ethnographic artefacts and the much-prized bird of paradise. It is told from the perspective of a head in a jar, the head of a local tribesman, killed and preserved by Albertis's crew. Two cultures, two totally opposite world views are dramatised moment by moment in this stunningly original work.
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NB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition. See our FAQs for more information. Please note that the jacket image is indicative only. A description of our secondhand books is not always available. Please contact us if you have a question about this title.
Author: Trevor Shearston
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 240
'[A] virtuoso work daring the limits of credibility in the name of truth' - Roger McDonald, author of The Ballad of Desmond Kale and Mr Darwin's Shooter This beautifully crafted, evocative novel is set in Papua New Guinea and based on the 1877 journey of the Italian naturalist, collector and explorer Luigi d'Albertis as he and his crew travel up the Fly River in search of new specimens, ethnographic artefacts and the much-prized bird of paradise. It is told from the perspective of a head in a jar, the head of a local tribesman, killed and preserved by Albertis's crew. Two cultures, two totally opposite world views are dramatised moment by moment in this stunningly original work.
Author: Trevor Shearston
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 240
'[A] virtuoso work daring the limits of credibility in the name of truth' - Roger McDonald, author of The Ballad of Desmond Kale and Mr Darwin's Shooter This beautifully crafted, evocative novel is set in Papua New Guinea and based on the 1877 journey of the Italian naturalist, collector and explorer Luigi d'Albertis as he and his crew travel up the Fly River in search of new specimens, ethnographic artefacts and the much-prized bird of paradise. It is told from the perspective of a head in a jar, the head of a local tribesman, killed and preserved by Albertis's crew. Two cultures, two totally opposite world views are dramatised moment by moment in this stunningly original work.
Dead Birds