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Hummingbirds between the pages / Chris Arthur.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Arthur, C. J. (Christopher John), 1955- author.
- Series:
- 21st century essays
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- English essays--Irish authors.
- English essays.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 245 pages ; 22 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Columbus : Mad Creek Books, an imprint of The Ohio State University Press, [2018]
- Summary:
- "Essays musing on subjects ranging from Charles Darwin to Buddha, from how Egyptian seashells contain echoes of World War II to a child's first encounter with death, examining the layers beneath life's quotidian moments, the layers beneath the surface of the expected"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Darwin's fox
- How many words do you need to describe a woodpigeon?
- The walking Buddha beckons
- Sleepers
- How's the enemy?
- Glass
- (Un)sentimental timekeeping
- Before I knocked
- Butterfly smoke signals
- Watchwords
- Death and the maiden
- Crux
- Shells
- The archaeology of days
- Putting two and two together
- Skimming
- Hitting the right note
- Afterword: Thirty-six ways of looking at an essay.
- ISBN:
- 9780814254844
- 0814254845
- OCLC:
- 1025403618
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