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'Fizzingly entertaining. His prose has something of the swallow's flight: daring, sharp-edged, fast-moving, graceful, full of surprises' Literary Review
'Enthralling, passionate, hair-raising, quirky, hilarious, informative, occasionally mad and utterly, utterly brilliant' Daily Mail
From the slums of Cape Town to the palaces of Algiers, through Pygmy villages where pineapples grow wild, to the Gulf of Guinea where the sea blazes with oil flares, across two continents and fourteen countries - this epic journey is nothing to swallows, they do it twice a year. But for Horatio Clare, writer and birdwatcher, it is the expedition of a lifetime. Along the way he discovers old empires and modern tribes, a witch-doctor's recipe for stewed swallow, explains how to travel without money or a passport, and describes a terrifying incident involving three Spanish soldiers and a tiny orange dog. By trains, motorbikes, canoes, one camel and three ships, Clare follows the swallows from reed beds in South Africa, where millions roost in February, to a barn in Wales, where a pair nest in May.
'A gifted and lyrical travel writer...a sensitive and intelligent observer' Financial Times
'Remarkably insightful and entertaining...Clare is the most enthusiastic, open-minded, intelligent and incorrigibly romantic of travellers' Mail on Sunday
'A hell of a journey' Simon Barnes, The Times
'Brave, modern, multicultural and open-hearted' Mark Cocker, Guardian
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'Enthralling, passionate, hair-raising, quirky, hilarious, informative, occasionally mad and utterly, utterly brilliant' Daily Mail
From the slums of Cape Town to the palaces of Algiers, through Pygmy villages where pineapples grow wild, to the Gulf of Guinea where the sea blazes with oil flares, across two continents and fourteen countries - this epic journey is nothing to swallows, they do it twice a year. But for Horatio Clare, writer and birdwatcher, it is the expedition of a lifetime. Along the way he discovers old empires and modern tribes, a witch-doctor's recipe for stewed swallow, explains how to travel without money or a passport, and describes a terrifying incident involving three Spanish soldiers and a tiny orange dog. By trains, motorbikes, canoes, one camel and three ships, Clare follows the swallows from reed beds in South Africa, where millions roost in February, to a barn in Wales, where a pair nest in May.
'A gifted and lyrical travel writer...a sensitive and intelligent observer' Financial Times
'Remarkably insightful and entertaining...Clare is the most enthusiastic, open-minded, intelligent and incorrigibly romantic of travellers' Mail on Sunday
'A hell of a journey' Simon Barnes, The Times
'Brave, modern, multicultural and open-hearted' Mark Cocker, Guardian
A journey of 6,000 miles across two continents and fourteen countries is nothing to swallows: they do it twice a year. But for a writer and birdwatcher, this is the expedition of a lifetime. By trains, cars, buses, motorbikes, trucks, canoes, planes, one camel and three ships, Horatio Clare followed migrating swallows (Hirundo rustica) from reed beds outside Bloemfontein, where millions roost in February, to a barn in Wales, where a pair nest in May.
From the slums of Cape Town to the palaces of Algiers, through Pygmy villages where pineapples grow wild, to the Gulf of Guinea where the sea blazes with oil flares, A Single Swallow is a journey through the modern world to the tune of an ancient rhythm. It is a story of old empires and modern tribes, of the horrors of power and the wonders of kindness. It includes a witch-doctor's recipe for stewed swallow, explains how to travel without money or a passport, describes a terrifying incident involving three Spanish soldiers and a tiny orange dog, betrays several swallow secrets and proves that Wales exists only because of Ryan Giggs. It also tests the wisdom of an ancient piece of hearsay: the Zulus say that those who follow the swallows never come back . . .
Magical, inspiring, beautifully written with passion and purpose, A Single Swallow is a thrilling book about the intersection of the natural and the human worlds, sending shivers down the spine and lifting the heart.
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- Date d'édition2009
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Description du livre Paperback. Etat : Good. 327 pages. Cover worn.A journey of 6,000 miles across two con tinents and fourteen countries is nothing to swallows: they do it twice a year. But for a writer and birdwatcher, this is the expe dition of a lifetime. By trains, cars, buses, motorbikes, trucks, canoes, planes, one camel and three ships, Horatio Clare followe d migrating swallows (Hirundo rustica) from reed beds outside Blo emfontein, where millions roost in February, to a barn in Wales, where a pair nest in May. From the slums of Cape Town to the pala ces of Algiers, through Pygmy villages where pineapples grow wild , to the Gulf of Guinea where the sea blazes with oil flares, A S ingle Swallow is a journey through the modern world to the tune o f an ancient rhythm. It is a story of old empires and modern trib es, of the horrors of power and the wonders of kindness. It inclu des a witch-doctor's recipe for stewed swallow, explains how to t ravel without money or a passport, describes a terrifying inciden t involving three Spanish soldiers and a tiny orange dog, betrays several swallow secrets and proves that Wales exists only becaus e of Ryan Giggs. It also tests the wisdom of an ancient piece of hearsay: the Zulus say that those who follow the swallows never c ome back . . . Magical, inspiring, beautifully written with passi on and purpose, A Single Swallow is a thrilling book about the in tersection of the natural and the human worlds, sending shivers d own the spine and lifting the heart. N° de réf. du vendeur 782ab
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