The Resource The language of birds : a novel, Norbert Scheuer ; translated by Stephen Brown ; illustrations by Erasmus Scheuer
The language of birds : a novel, Norbert Scheuer ; translated by Stephen Brown ; illustrations by Erasmus Scheuer
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- Summary
- "It is 2003, and Paul Arimond is serving as a paramedic in Afghanistan. The twenty-four-year-old has no illusions of becoming a hero. Rather, he has chosen the army to escape the tragedies of his past and his own feelings of guilt. As a result, he finds himself in the same land, now war-torn, where an ancestor of his, Ambrosius Arimond, a late eighteenth-century traveler and ornithologist, once explored and developed the theory of a universal language of birds. As visceral horrors and everyday banalities of the war threaten to engulf Paul, he, like his great-great-grandfather, finds his very own refuge in Afghanistan's natural world. In a diary filled with exquisite drawings of birds and ruminations on the life he left behind, Paul describes his experiences living with two comrades and his befriending of an Afghan man, Nassim, as well as his dreams of escaping the restrictive base camp and visiting the shores of a lake visible from the lookout tower. But when he finally reaches the lake one night, he finds himself in the midst of a chain of events that, with his increasingly fragile state of mind, has dramatic and ultimately heartbreaking consequences. A meditative novel that shows a new side to the conflict in Afghanistan, The Language of Birds takes a moving look at the all-too-human costs of war and questions what it truly means to fight for freedom."--Provided by publisher
- Language
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- eng
- ger
- eng
- Extent
- 179 pages
- Note
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- "First published in German as Die Sprache der Vögel, © Verlag C.H.Beck oHG, München 2015"--Title page verso
- Sub-title from cover
- Isbn
- 9781910376638
- Label
- The language of birds : a novel
- Title
- The language of birds
- Title remainder
- a novel
- Statement of responsibility
- Norbert Scheuer ; translated by Stephen Brown ; illustrations by Erasmus Scheuer
- Language
-
- eng
- ger
- eng
- Summary
- "It is 2003, and Paul Arimond is serving as a paramedic in Afghanistan. The twenty-four-year-old has no illusions of becoming a hero. Rather, he has chosen the army to escape the tragedies of his past and his own feelings of guilt. As a result, he finds himself in the same land, now war-torn, where an ancestor of his, Ambrosius Arimond, a late eighteenth-century traveler and ornithologist, once explored and developed the theory of a universal language of birds. As visceral horrors and everyday banalities of the war threaten to engulf Paul, he, like his great-great-grandfather, finds his very own refuge in Afghanistan's natural world. In a diary filled with exquisite drawings of birds and ruminations on the life he left behind, Paul describes his experiences living with two comrades and his befriending of an Afghan man, Nassim, as well as his dreams of escaping the restrictive base camp and visiting the shores of a lake visible from the lookout tower. But when he finally reaches the lake one night, he finds himself in the midst of a chain of events that, with his increasingly fragile state of mind, has dramatic and ultimately heartbreaking consequences. A meditative novel that shows a new side to the conflict in Afghanistan, The Language of Birds takes a moving look at the all-too-human costs of war and questions what it truly means to fight for freedom."--Provided by publisher
- Cataloging source
- YDX
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1951-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Scheuer, Norbert
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- no index present
- Language note
- Translated from the German
- Literary form
- fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
- 1973-
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
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- Brown, Stephen
- Scheuer, Erasmus,
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Afghan War (2001-)
- Afghan War, 2001-2021
- Bird watchers
- Germans
- Germany
- Armed Forces
- Bird watchers
- Germans
- Afghanistan
- Germany
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- The language of birds : a novel, Norbert Scheuer ; translated by Stephen Brown ; illustrations by Erasmus Scheuer
- Note
-
- "First published in German as Die Sprache der Vögel, © Verlag C.H.Beck oHG, München 2015"--Title page verso
- Sub-title from cover
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-179)
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 958781208
- Dimensions
- 20 cm
- Extent
- 179 pages
- Isbn
- 9781910376638
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)958781208
- Label
- The language of birds : a novel, Norbert Scheuer ; translated by Stephen Brown ; illustrations by Erasmus Scheuer
- Note
-
- "First published in German as Die Sprache der Vögel, © Verlag C.H.Beck oHG, München 2015"--Title page verso
- Sub-title from cover
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-179)
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 958781208
- Dimensions
- 20 cm
- Extent
- 179 pages
- Isbn
- 9781910376638
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)958781208
Subject
- Afghan War, 2001-2021 -- Fiction
- Afghanistan
- Armed Forces -- Medical personnel
- Bird watchers
- Bird watchers -- Afghanistan -- Fiction
- Diary fiction
- Germans
- Germans -- Afghanistan -- Fiction
- Germany
- War fiction
- Germany -- Armed Forces | Medical personnel -- Fiction
- Afghan War (2001-)
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