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A review by wtb_michael
The Snow Geese by William Fiennes
5.0
I'd never heard of this before one of my favourite booksellers raved about it to me and it's immediately become one of my absolute favourites.
It tells the story of the author's attempt to follow along with the snow goose migration, from the Gulf of Mexico up to the frozen north of Canada. The nature writing is stunning, glorious - the awe-inspiring sight of tens of thousands of migrating geese is vividly drawn. The landscapes too are incredible, especially as the journey moves further and further north.
But even more stunning are Fiennes' portraits of the odd people he meets on the journey - hunters, train obsessives, birders and more. There are broad themes too about the desire for home, about balancing the excitement of the new against the comforts of the familiar. It's a really wonderful work (and the photo on the front is
It tells the story of the author's attempt to follow along with the snow goose migration, from the Gulf of Mexico up to the frozen north of Canada. The nature writing is stunning, glorious - the awe-inspiring sight of tens of thousands of migrating geese is vividly drawn. The landscapes too are incredible, especially as the journey moves further and further north.
But even more stunning are Fiennes' portraits of the odd people he meets on the journey - hunters, train obsessives, birders and more. There are broad themes too about the desire for home, about balancing the excitement of the new against the comforts of the familiar. It's a really wonderful work (and the photo on the front is