In the name of the eagle

H is for Hawk

● No. 40 on the New York Times' list of the 100 Best Books of the 21st Century ● Winner of the Samuel Johnson Award, the most prestigious nonfiction award ● Costa Book Award for Best Book:
"A truly unique and beautiful book, a searing heartfelt confession of truth and brilliant description, unparalleled in modern literature."
A daughter who suddenly lost her father, a poor writer who wrote the legendary King Arthur,
In the name of the eagle, they are separated by a hundred years but still echo each other from afar - some wounds will never heal.
In the name of falconry, they release their hawks, hoping that the string that symbolizes habit, hunger, and companionship, which falconers call "love," will never disappear...
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In 2007, when her father suddenly passed away, Helen MacDonald recalled: "At that time, I no longer wanted to be human. I chose to enter the world of goshawks that had fascinated me as a child. Because as a human, I would feel the bottomless sadness and emotions deep in my heart. I wanted to stop it all, fly away from it all, I wanted to become another creature."
She began training the world's most untamable bird: the goshawk, a symbol of freedom and wildness. Living in the world of hawks, she distanced herself from the world and ventured into the wild skies. In the process, she reconnected with TH White, the author of "The Goshawk," a work she had read as a child, and traced White's similar journey of solitary cultivation and goshawk training.
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A truly unique and beautiful book, with searing truth and brilliant description, a unique piece of modern literature. - Costa Literary Award I firmly believe it will become a classic of nature-themed works. - The Guardian
This book, with its almost wild beauty, tells us how well-written nature writing can reveal our intimate relationship with the wild world. It is so brilliant that it sometimes hurts me and I can't read it for a while; it draws blood from my heart, but it can also heal my heart. A classic that makes people want to read it immediately. - The New York Times
The essence of MacDonald's book is that she weaves together these disparate fragments, stitch by stitch, so that every word and sentence is imbued with depth. The most interesting thing about it is that she sees so clearly both the outer and the inner world of the world we live in. - The New York Review of Books
The structure of the spiritual connection between man and nature, combining new and nostalgic nature writing with humanistic philosophy, is full of originality and is also a fantasy "literature" of loss and healing. No one has ever changed their life like her because of watching a bird of prey flying across the sky. - "The Nation"
Elegantly blending nature writing, personal memoir, literary portraiture, and the trials of bereavement, it illuminates corners you never thought you would explore in ways you never imagined. - The Washington Post
She writes captivatingly about the encounters between humans and animals. —National Geographic Magazine "A remarkable book that combines memoir, nature literature, historical facts, and falconry. It's unlike anything I've read before. In her memoir, MacDonald uses rich prose to show us that simply looking up at the world can change the lives we've resigned ourselves to or accepted." —Los Angeles Times

2022-07-01

上海人民出版社

Century Wenjing

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9787208176584