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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. Then David is lured to South America by rumors of an ancient flock in the mangrove swamps. There he meets the lovely levelheaded Fern, an American scientist who has her own reasons for searching for the birds. Will he retreat or follow the parrots' call?

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..."an engaging, witty, and surprisingly touching narrative, which lures us into dreaming the dreams ... of a flock of parrots." -- Andrea Barrett "author of Ship Fever" (02/18/2003) "Endearingly hapless lovebirds. [T]heir foibles are as colorful as the plumage of the creatures that bring them together." "Great fun! The parrots are the heroes, while the humans are adrift. A gentle, luminous tale, beautifully told." -- Leslie Marmon Silko "author of ALMANAC OF THE DEAD" (02/18/2003) "Parrots aren't common in fiction, but Paul infuses them with symbolism and romance enough to make you wonder why not." "Elsewhere in the Land of Parrots is an engaging, witty, and surprisingly touching narrative, which lures us into dreaming the dreams - and perhaps sharing the fate - of a flock of parrots." -- Andrea Barrett, author of Ship Fever "ELSEWHERE IN THE LAND OF PARROTS is a quirky, unforgettable tale: lightly told yet philosophically weighty, amusing yet unsettling, poetic yet down to earth-- in short, a delight." -- Mark Hertsgaard, author of EARTH ODYSSEY "Jim Paul has filled the pages of his lucid novel with the brilliant colors and the bright sounds of exotic birds, with the loamy ripeness of Ecuatorian mangroves. This is an engrossing story of one man's quest to climb out of the cage he has made of his life, to gather the courage to fling himself from his own window, to fly unfettered into joy and freedom." --Sandra Benitez, author of A Place Where the Sea Remembers


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781417706433
  • Publisher: Turtleback Books
  • Publisher Imprint: Turtleback Books
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1417706430
  • Publisher Date: 07 Jun 2004
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Returnable: N


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