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The Alphabet of Birds

The Alphabet of Birds

by S. J. Naudé
Paperback
Age range: 0 to 0 years old Publication Date: 01/02/2015

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If death comes to a loved one, can we grieve alone? When all around is in ruins, can we confine our lives to one beautiful room constructed out of art, or love, or family ties? And when the words we know prove inadequate, can we turn to the language of birds?
In an arty mansion in Milan s industrial zone, two men are shown one of the last remaining Futurist noise machines an Intonarumore and a painful old truth surfaces. A musician travels to three continents to see her siblings before returning to Johannesburg; her home is plundered every night around her as she composes a requiem. A man follows his male lover from London to Berlin s clubbing scene and on to a ruined castle in which the lover s family lives. He is looking for an antidote.
The protagonists in SJ Naude s South African Literary Award-winning short story collection are listening out for answers that cannot be expressed. Offering fresh perspectives on gay, expat and artistic subcultures and tackling the pain of loss head on, Naude s stories go fearlessly and tenderly to the heart of our experiences of desire, love and death."
ISBN:
9781908276445
9781908276445
Category:
Contemporary fiction
Age range:
0 to 0 years old
Format:
Paperback
Publication Date:
01-02-2015
Language:
English
Publisher:
And Other Stories
Country of origin:
United Kingdom
Pages:
336
Dimensions (mm):
195.58x139.45x18.29mm
Weight:
0.29kg

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