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A Single Swallow: Following an Epic Journey from South Africa to South Wales (Hardcover)

by Horatio Clare (Author)
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  • Hardcover: 336 pages
  • Publisher: Chatto & Windus (2 April 2009)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0701183128
  • ISBN-13: 978-0701183127
  • Product Dimensions: 22 x 15.6 x 3.2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 24,643 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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'Fine lyrical writing and a gift for inventive, unexpected metaphor. A brave, modern, multicultural and open-hearted approach to travel itself' --Guardian


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`Clare has produced an enthusiastic, often elegiac, chronicle of his encounters with the swallows'
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars wondrous, 1 Jun 2009
By Faye "Faye" (Emswsorth, UK) - See all my reviews
This book is a wonderful account of the journey of a swallow throughout its migration. I am completely in awe of how this little bird can fly so far. All the countries it flies over and to are discussed in a brilliant narrative. Buy it! Then next time you see a swallow arrive in the spring imagine its journey and be amazed.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A superb and honest account of one man's journey through Africa, Spain and France, 28 Aug 2009
A modern day Laurie Lee - but with more grit and honesty. A Single Swallow is many things - part natural history, part journalism, part autobiography. There is spiritual observation and thought, there is romance and there is of course history and geography. The portrait of West Africa is dark, shocking, humorous and beautiful. Clare's ability to be both personal and objective in how he writes and observes, aided by his phemomenal and rhythmic prose, are winning ingredients in this quite brilliant book.
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7 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Stunning, 13 May 2009
A beautiful book which tells a story of travelling and love. The writer sets the scene beautifully, even the most closed of minds can picture the journey he takes and the true love he finds along the way. I cannot recommend this book higly enough although i was quite unprepared for the dog dying at the end.
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