Lit in Translation

The Birds They Sang: Birds and People in Life and Art

Dwanaście srok za ogon

Stanisław Łubieński (born 1983)

Translated by Bill Johnston

English editions

In English

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Nature reading, bird-watching and field trips mix with references to art, literature, film and history. A wagtail from a poem by Kapuściński and Chełmoński's great bustards meet the sparrows of a housing estate. The search for the grave of the Prussian ornithologist Friedrich Tischler is woven together with the excitement of ringing migrating birds, in a hybrid of diary, personal essay and reportage.

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About the book

Form
Nonfiction
Length
202 pages in the original
Genres
Nature (assigned by AI)
Set in
Poland
First published
2016 by Wydawnictwo Czarne
Author's age
33 when first published
ISBN

9788380492356 (original)

9781908906366 (The Westbourne Press, United Kingdom)