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How to Turn Into a Bird

- Criticism of the Works of Novelists, Poets, Playwrights, Short-Story Writers, and Other Creative Writers Who Liv

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After years of hard work in a factory outside of Santiago, Chile, Ram?n accepts a peculiar job: to look after a Coca-Cola billboard located by the highway. And it doesn't take long for Ram?n to make an even more peculiar decision: to make the billboard his new home.

Twelve-year-old Miguel is enchanted by his uncle's unusual living arrangement, but the neighborhood is buzzing with gossip, declaring Ram?n a madman bringing shame to the community. As he visits his uncle in a perch above it all, Miguel comes to see a different perspective, and finds himself wondering what he believes--has his uncle lost his mind, as everyone says? Is madness--and the need for freedom--contagious? Or is Ram?n the only one who can see things as they really are, finding a deeper meaning in a life they can't understand from the ground?

When a local boy disappears, tensions erupt and forgotten memories come to the surface. And Miguel, no longer perched in the billboard with his uncle, witnesses the reality on the ground: a society that, in the name of peace, is not afraid to use violence.With sharp humor and a deep understanding of a child's mind, How to Turn Into a Bird is a powerful tale of coming of age, loss of innocence, and shifting perspectives that asks us: how far outside of our lives must we go to really see things clearly?

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  • SprogEngelsk
  • Udgivelsesdato06-12-2022
  • ISBN139781953534460
  • Forlag Tin House Books
  • Nummer i serien429
  • FormatPaperback
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  • Vægt185 g
  • Dybde1,5 cm
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    10 cm
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    13 cm
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