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Bezig met laden... The Lord God Bird (2009)door Russell Hill
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 Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek.   ) Judy_Ryfinski | Jan 20, 2016 |  ) Judy_Ryfinski | Jan 20, 2016 | The couple find a bard home to rent and enter the bayou to begin their search for the bird. After no initial success, Robin decides to make herself look like the bird so it will be tempted to come to them. She covers herself with white mud, puts crow feathers on a cloak and wears that, then dyes her hair bright red. Jake is impressed and calls her "The Lord God Bird," the nickname for the woodpecker. They are discovered by hunters and an incicent occurs. Not long after, the hunters return and prusue the couple. Jake and Robin travel deep into the bayou where they meet an elderly black man named Robert, who hides them and helps them. The story is told with a picturesque style. It is obvious thatthe author is a conservationalist and has written poetry as the words flow beautifully, i.e. "The scent of the lilac bush permeated the air and it was a perfume that women wore and drew hummingbirds." The author seems to be telling his readers that some people tend to destroy the beauty of nature but there are others, a rare group, who search out and attempt to preserve that beauty. A timely book with the Gulf oil leak and the devestation that it is causing to the Louisiana shores. ( ) mikedraper | May 25, 2010 | geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
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In 1949, Jake Hamrick, a 19-year-old who has been obsessed since childhood with the ivory-billed woodpecker, leaves Illinois for Louisiana accompanied by Robin, his tiny girlfriend. They search in the bayous where the bird was last reported, and Robin, as obsessed as Jake, dresses like the bird, smearing her naked body with white clay, wearing a cloak of black crow feathers, her hair in a red crest. Local hunters pursue Robin and Jake deep into the bayous, where they are harbored by Robert, an ancient black man. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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 Google Books — Bezig met laden...GenresDewey Decimale Classificatie (DDC)813.54Literature English (North America) American fiction 20th Century 1945-1999LC-classificatieWaarderingGemiddelde: (3.5)
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