The Snow Geese
In a debut of great delicacy and distinction, a young nature philosopher describes his journey as he follows the northern migration of the snow goose and reflects on the powerful attraction of home.
Every spring, millions of geese embark on an arduous three-thousand-mile homeward journey from their winter quarters in the southern United States to their breeding grounds in the Canadian Arctic. One year William Fiennes, recovering from a long illness, decided to go with them. Intrigued by what he’d read about the birds’ extraordinary annual journey, he was also desperate to escape the depression that had dogged his convalescence, and the belief that at age twenty-six, his life had ground to a halt.
Part memoir, part nature study, part travelogue, the…
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July 7, 2010William Fiennes’ first book, The Snow Geese, was shortlisted for the Samuel Johnson Prize. Fiennes is also the winner of a Somerset Maugham Award and the Hawthorden Prize 2003, and he runs a charity called First Story, which brings writers into the schools across the UK. He lives in London.
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