Baker, with an introduction by Robert Macfarlane J. A.

The Peregrine (New York Review Books Classics)

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ISBN 13:: 9781590171332
author:: Baker, with an introduction by Robert Macfarlane J. A.
format:: Paperback
publisher:: NYRB Classics
language:: English
Publication Year:: 2005
Pages:: 208
Dimensions:: 131mm X 202mm
Genre:: Science & Nature
Condition:: New
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This extraordinary portrait of two peregrine falcons is a beloved work of nature writing. From fall to spring, the author tracked the daily lives of a pair of peregrine falcons across the flat fen lands of eastern England. He observed them in the air and on the ground, in pursuit of their prey, making a kill, eating, and at rest, with an extraordinary fusion of precision and poetry.

As he continued his private quest, his sense of human self slowly dissolved, replaced by the alien and implacable consciousness of a hawk. The result is a beautifully written record of this metamorphosis, both magical and terrifying.

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