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(Johannesburg: Penguin, 2012) 9780143530442. 4to; pictorial boards; laminated pictorial dustwrapper; pp. viii + 143; full-page illustrations. Merest trace of curl to edges of dustwrapper. Near-fine condition. "All my life I have been 'taken captive by birds'. Their doings are the thread that runs through childhood, the link to people and to place. Their appearance and their presence can at once recall a name, a scent, a morning full of song and exploration; an evening sorrow, a childhood fear. For, somehow, it is the birds that saw it all: those unobtrusive harbingers whose boundaries are defined by other laws than ours but whose ancient lore remains a cipher to remembrance for me." .
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Taken Captive by Birds Hardcover - 2013
by Marguerite Poland; Craig Ivor (Illustrator)
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Taken Captive By Birds is a collection of Marguerite Poland’s discovery’ of birds as a child and the role they have played in her and her family’s life. Interwoven with the personal story are the myths, traditions and meanings behind birds and their names within Zulu and Xhosa culture. The book is divided into 18 chapters, each of which loosely deals with one particular bird or, sometimes, a grouping of birds. Beautifully illustrated by Craig Ivor van Vuuren, this collaboration promises to become one of the classic South African publications.
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- Title Taken Captive by Birds
- Author Marguerite Poland; Craig Ivor (Illustrator)
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition Reprint
- Pages 143
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Penguin Global, Rosebank
- Date 2013-02-13
- Illustrated Yes
- ISBN 9780143530442 / 0143530445
- Weight 2.05 lbs (0.93 kg)
- Dimensions 10 x 8.4 x 0.9 in (25.40 x 21.34 x 2.29 cm)
- Ages 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
- Dewey Decimal Code 598.096
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