Bird Cottage
Eva Meijer
Bird Cottage
Eva Meijer
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A novel based on the true story of a remarkable woman, her lifelong relationship with birds and the joy she drew from it
I tend my herd and flock by day so I have to read into the night; I cannot put it down
A convincing account of total dedication and self-belief, and there's beauty and joy in Len's strange life... entertaining and thought-provoking
Truly original... There's a sense of birdlike lightness and agility about this episodic, elliptical novel
The author's fluid, seemingly weightless prose is perfectly matched to the birds she describes... This beautiful creation will be a source of great pleasure for birders and readers alike
A delightful, poignant tale
A celebration of a life spent immersed in nature
Fascinating and affecting, a portrait of a woman determined to follow her passion come what may
Bewitching... will make you want to throw away your Oyster pass and move to a remote cottage... Read it to de-stress
In this perfect match of writer and subject, Eva Meijer brilliantly evokes the precious, vibrant and complex society Len Howard shared with songbirds at her cottage in Sussex. This beautiful novel is haunted by loss -- of individual birds, as well as the spectre of species collapse, and the vanishing of entire life worlds
In the end all the puzzling, hard work of the translation process vanishes into the ether, and only the text remains: words that weave a story beyond both Dutch and English... I hope they will resonate just as much with their new readers as they did with their Dutch audience, and then with me
You totally identify with Howard, making her passion your own. It isn't Howard who is eccentric, but people who live without birds
Read this book to totally unwind. It will open your eyes and encourage you to go out and see the birds
An eye-opening novel. What makes Bird Cottage so appealing is the quiet serenity that Eva Meijer displays
Mesmerising and moving
Both uplifting and deeply moving
I loved every word of this - I had great tits nesting in my garden last spring, and I think Len was right about every detail
Eva Meijer is a Dutch author, artist, singer, songwriter and philosopher. Her non-fiction study on animal Communication, Animal Languages, is forthcoming in English in 2019. Bird Cottage is her first novel to be translated into English, has been nominated for the BNG and Libris prizes in the Netherlands and is being translated into several languages. Eva Meijer was awarded the Halewijn Prize in 2017 for all of the books she has written so far.
I tend my herd and flock by day so I have to read into the night; I cannot put it down
A convincing account of total dedication and self-belief, and there's beauty and joy in Len's strange life... entertaining and thought-provoking
Truly original... There's a sense of birdlike lightness and agility about this episodic, elliptical novel
The author's fluid, seemingly weightless prose is perfectly matched to the birds she describes... This beautiful creation will be a source of great pleasure for birders and readers alike
A delightful, poignant tale
A celebration of a life spent immersed in nature
Fascinating and affecting, a portrait of a woman determined to follow her passion come what may
Bewitching... will make you want to throw away your Oyster pass and move to a remote cottage... Read it to de-stress
In this perfect match of writer and subject, Eva Meijer brilliantly evokes the precious, vibrant and complex society Len Howard shared with songbirds at her cottage in Sussex. This beautiful novel is haunted by loss -- of individual birds, as well as the spectre of species collapse, and the vanishing of entire life worlds
In the end all the puzzling, hard work of the translation process vanishes into the ether, and only the text remains: words that weave a story beyond both Dutch and English... I hope they will resonate just as much with their new readers as they did with their Dutch audience, and then with me
You totally identify with Howard, making her passion your own. It isn't Howard who is eccentric, but people who live without birds
Read this book to totally unwind. It will open your eyes and encourage you to go out and see the birds
An eye-opening novel. What makes Bird Cottage so appealing is the quiet serenity that Eva Meijer displays
Mesmerising and moving
Both uplifting and deeply moving
I loved every word of this - I had great tits nesting in my garden last spring, and I think Len was right about every detail
Eva Meijer is a Dutch author, artist, singer, songwriter and philosopher. Her non-fiction study on animal Communication, Animal Languages, is forthcoming in English in 2019. Bird Cottage is her first novel to be translated into English, has been nominated for the BNG and Libris prizes in the Netherlands and is being translated into several languages. Eva Meijer was awarded the Halewijn Prize in 2017 for all of the books she has written so far.