H is for Hawk
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WINNER OF THE COSTA BOOK OF THE YEAR
WINNER OF THE SAMUEL JOHNSON PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION
WINNER OF THE PRIX DU MEILLEUR LIVRE ÉTRANGER
'Dazzling... Deeply affecting, utterly fascinating and blazing with love and intelligence' Financial Times
Informationen zum Autor Helen Macdonald is a writer, poet, naturalist and historian of science. Her book H is for Hawk won many prizes, including the Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction, the Costa Book of the Year, the Prix du Meilleur Livre Etranger in France, and in the US was shortlisted for the National Book Critics Circle Award. She is a frequent contributor to the New York Times Magazine , and lives in Suffolk. Klappentext Helen Macdonald is a writer, poet, illustrator and historian. Her book H is for Hawk won many prizes, including the Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction, the Costa Book of the Year, the Prix du Meilleur Livre Etranger in France, and in the US was shortlisted for the National Book Critics Circle Award. She writes a regular column in New York Times Magazine , and lives in Suffolk. Zusammenfassung Discover the number one bestselling phenomenon that is a powerful and profound mediation on grief expressed through the trials of training a goshawk. As a child, Helen Macdonald was determined to become a falconer, learning the arcane terminology and reading all the classic books.
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WINNER OF THE COSTA BOOK OF THE YEAR
WINNER OF THE SAMUEL JOHNSON PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION****
WINNER OF THE PRIX DU MEILLEUR LIVRE ÉTRANGER
'Dazzling Deeply affecting, utterly fascinating and blazing with love and intelligence' Financial Times
Autorentext
Helen Macdonald is a writer, poet, naturalist and historian of science. Her book H is for Hawk won many prizes, including the Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction, the Costa Book of the Year, the Prix du Meilleur Livre Etranger in France, and in the US was shortlisted for the National Book Critics Circle Award. She is a frequent contributor to the New York Times Magazine, and lives in Suffolk.
Klappentext
Helen Macdonald is a writer, poet, illustrator and historian. Her book H is for Hawk won many prizes, including the Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction, the Costa Book of the Year, the Prix du Meilleur Livre Etranger in France, and in the US was shortlisted for the National Book Critics Circle Award. She writes a regular column in New York Times Magazine, and lives in Suffolk.
Zusammenfassung
Discover the number one bestselling phenomenon that is a powerful and profound mediation on grief expressed through the trials of training a goshawk. As a child, Helen Macdonald was determined to become a falconer, learning the arcane terminology and reading all the classic books.
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- Allgemeine Informationen
- Sprache Englisch
- Gewicht 261g
- Untertitel The Sunday Times bestseller and Costa and Samuel Johnson Prize Winner
- Autor Helen Macdonald
- Titel H is for Hawk
- Veröffentlichung 26.02.2015
- ISBN 0099575450
- Format Kartonierter Einband
- EAN 9780099575450
- Jahr 2015
- Größe H198mm x B126mm x T22mm
- Herausgeber Random House UK Ltd
- Anzahl Seiten 300
- Features Ausgezeichnet: Samuel Johnson Prize, 2014.Ausgezeichnet: Costa Biography Award, 2015.Nominiert: Thwaites Wainwright Prize, 2015
- GTIN 09780099575450