A BBC Radio 4 Book of the WeekLonglisted for the Wainwright Golden Beer Book Prize 2018A Guardian Book of the Year 2018The owl has captivated the human imagination for millennia; as a predator,messenger,emblem of wisdom or portent of doom. Owl Sense tells a new story. On'owl walks'with her teenage son,Benji,Miriam Darlington begins a quest to identify every European species of this elusive bird. From Britain she travels to Spain,France,Serbia and Finland,and to the frosted borders of the Arctic. Along the way,however,Benji succumbs to a mysterious and disabling illness,and Miriam's endeavour soon becomes entangled with the search for his cure. Bringing the strangeness and magnificence of owls to life,Owl Sense is a book about wildness in nature but also in the unpredictable course of our human lives.
Publisher: Guardian Faber PublishingISBN: 9781783350759Number of pages: 352Weight: 279 gDimensions: 198 x 129 x 21 mmEdition: Main
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