The Snow Goose

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The Snow Geese is an odd little book. The author William Fiennes, becomes fascinated with snow geese while he is recuperating from a long illness at his family home, and decides to follow the geese as they migrate across America. A man so repulsive that he had to seek solitude, yet so beautiful that a bird from a faraway place and a young girl found themselves inexplicably drawn to him. The book was even better than I remembered it. Part historical fiction/part love story, it was well worth the re-read. So, Rhayader – who has never been given any reason to love his fellow man – heads to France to save who he can. The snow goose flying overhead. The Snow Goose is a powerful book, a book what you will be sad to finish and it comes very highly recommended.

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I did like this book but I didn't love it. It is beautifully written but somehow detached, even though there's real affection in the detailed descriptions of the people he meets on his journey. Maybe that's it - affection rather than passionate love which is reserved perhaps for the emotions around concepts of 'home' and 'nostalgia'

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The Snow Goose: A Story of Dunkirk is a novella by the American author Paul Gallico. It was first published in 1940 as a short story in The Saturday Evening Post, after which he expanded it to create a short novella which was published on 7 April 1941. I am a lover of history and this book did not disappoint. So beautifully written I felt like the words were singing poetry to me! When I saw Frith standing on her tiptoes, raising her hands toward the sky, I cried and cried. I listened to a BBC dramatization of this book. I thought it was very well done. Engaging for adults and I think it would be thought provoking for children. It would be an excellent family listen that could prompt much discussion. He de confesar que a pesar de la pobreza (o exceso) que he encontrado en el formato, también han habido aspectos positivos a lo largo de la novela que me gustaría resaltar. Aunque es cierto que la abundancia de comparaciones ralentiza la lectura, también es cierto que me han fascinado la mayoría de ellas (sobretodo cuando comparaba acciones físicas con lenguaje musical). Algo que también he de confesar que me ha encantado es el conjunto de referencias etimológicas, sobre terminología ornitóloga o sobre la nostalgia; y también las pequeñas curiosidades sobre ciertas aves migratorias que Fiennes ha ido recopilando y conociendo a lo largo de su trayecto por Norteamérica.Alles in allem ist es für Ornithologen vielleicht ein ganz niedliches Buch, mich haben die pseudowissenschaftlichen Vogelpassagen eher gestört, wenngleich ich einige der Charaktere, denen er auf dem Weg begegnet, faszinierend fand. The 1971 BBC version is better viewed on dailymotion (in the correct aspect ratio) than on YouTube – https://www.dailymotion.com/video/xtflay