Helen Macdonald: Recovery (Hardcover, 2019, Vintage)
129 sivua ; 18 cm, 129 pages
English language
Published 2019 by Vintage.
A series of short books by the world's greatest writers on the experiences that make us human. As a child Helen Macdonald was determined to become a falconer. She learned the arcane terminology and read all the classic books, including T.H. White's tortured masterpiece, 'The Goshawk', which describes White's struggle to train a hawk as a spiritual contest. When her father dies and she is knocked sideways by grief, she becomes obsessed with the idea of training her own goshawk. She buys Mabel on a Scottish quayside and takes her home to Cambridge. This book is a record of a spiritual journey - an unflinchingly honest account of Macdonald's struggle with grief during the difficult process of the hawk's taming and her own untaming.
A series of short books by the world's greatest writers on the experiences that make us human. As a child Helen Macdonald was determined to become a falconer. She learned the arcane terminology and read all the classic books, including T.H. White's tortured masterpiece, 'The Goshawk', which describes White's struggle to train a hawk as a spiritual contest. When her father dies and she is knocked sideways by grief, she becomes obsessed with the idea of training her own goshawk. She buys Mabel on a Scottish quayside and takes her home to Cambridge. This book is a record of a spiritual journey - an unflinchingly honest account of Macdonald's struggle with grief during the difficult process of the hawk's taming and her own untaming.
Kirjassa ei ollut mitään vikaa, mutta sen kirjoittajan ajatusmaailmasta oli vaikea saada kiinni kun oma suhde luontoon ja surutyöhön ovat niin erilaisia. Luulen että britannialainen kulttuurin ja sielunmaiseman tuntijat saavat tästä kirjasta enemmän irti.
Taiten kirjoitettu ja hyvin käännetty kirja.
