Elsewhere In the Land of Parrots
by Jim Paul
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Synopsis
Reclusive David Huntington writes rigorously meaningless poetry to great acclaim. But he lives fearfully, sleeping and working with earplugs, rarely going outside, drawing his life more closely around him every day. A wild parrot, a gift from his father, becomes the breach in the dike: Little Wittgenstein has a jungle shriek, fierce eyes, and a beak that wreaks havoc. David finally throws the bird out the window--and follows it into the world. His guilty search for the parrot takes him first to Telegraph Hill, where the parrot may have found others of its kind. Inexorably David is drawn even farther, lured to South America by rumors of an ancient flock in the wild mangrove swamps. There he meets the lovely level-headed Fern, an American scientist who has her own reasons for searching for the birds. Will he retreat, or follow the parrots' call? Jim Paul has created a tender, whimsical romance, told with wit and subtlety, about having the courage to heed the messages the world sends you, and to welcome unexpected love.
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- Ergodebooks (US)
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- Title
- Elsewhere In the Land of Parrots
- Author
- Jim Paul
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used:Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0151004951
- ISBN 13
- 9780151004959
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
- Place of Publication
- San Diego, Ca, U.s.a.
- Date Published
- 2003-07-01
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