Falcon
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Who it's for
A good fit for
- Readers going through loss or life transitions who long to find solace and understanding in nature and literature
- Those with a strong interest in animal behavior, nature writing, and deeply reported nonfiction
- Literature lovers who appreciate beautifully written, intellectually profound works that deftly combine personal narrative with grand themes
- Spiritual wanderers who feel alienated in urban life and yearn for a deep connection with the wild world
Not a good fit for
- Readers seeking light entertainment or fast-paced stories
- Pragmatists expecting a detailed falconry guide or purely popular-science knowledge
Reading tips
- Set aside a quiet stretch of time to read immersively, following the author's delicate prose and experiencing in tandem the anxiety and breakthroughs of the training process, as well as the ups and downs of her inner emotions.
- While reading, pay attention to the interspersed content on medieval falconry history and falcon imagery in literature, which greatly enriches the book's historical and cultural layers.
- After finishing, pause to reflect: Are we also, in some way, 'taming' our own grief, desires, or lives? This book may offer a unique angle for reflection.
About the publisher
Shanghai People's Publishing House is a comprehensive publisher whose list focuses on academic monographs and general-interest titles in philosophy, social sciences, politics and law, economics and management, and history. Among its books are Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties History in the Chinese Dynastic History series; The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings trilogy in foreign literature; the Wenjing Classical Translation Illustrated Edition of The Complete Greek Tragedies of Euripides; and works of social theory such as Max Weber's Economy and Society and Dialectic of Enlightenment: Philosophical Fragments. Its authors include Wang Zhongluo, J.R.R. Tolkien, Luo Niansheng, and Zhou Zuoren.
Contents
- 版权信息
- 2016新版导言
- 前言
- 第一章 自然历史
- 第二章 神话般的隼
- 第三章 驯隼
- 第四章 濒危的隼
- 第五章 战隼
- 第六章 城市隼
- 大事年表
- 注释
- 参考文献
- 协会及网站
- 致谢
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About the author
Public information about Helen Macdonald is limited. Judging from the four works held in the collection, her writing centers on essays, literary nonfiction, and social and cultural themes, with representative titles including Vesper Flights, the trilogy of nature writing on birds, H Is for Hawk, and Falcon. These works mostly revolve around birds and the natural world, blending close observation with a personal narrative voice to form a distinctive style at the intersection of nature writing and memoir. The hawks, falcons, and other birds in her writing are both objects of observation and entry points for reflecting on the relationship between humans and nature, as well as on grief and memory. Her prose combines the precision of natural history with literary introspection, and has thus drawn the attention of readers of nature writing. Because biographical information remains incomplete, this note offers only a brief outline of her subjects and approach.
Wan Yinglang is an author about whom limited public information is available. Two works are currently known, represented by the "Wings of Nature Trilogy" and Falcon, with common categories falling under documentary literature and social culture. Judging from the available bibliographic information, his writing centers on birds and the natural world, combining documentary observation with cultural narrative. Such subject matter usually requires an author to balance fieldwork observation, species knowledge, and humanistic reflection. Because information such as dates of birth and death, nationality, educational background, and personal experience is absent from the records, his biographical details remain difficult to outline, and readers can only understand his focus through the works themselves. In the two works listed, Wan Yinglang's writing presents a characteristic approach that takes nature as its entry point, moves from birds to people, and leads from observation toward culture, making it suitable for readers interested in nature documentary writing and social and cultural topics.
Wang Ping is a children's literature writer, a council member of the Hainan Children's Literature Research Association, and a member of the Shandong Writers Association. She has long been engaged in writing children's poetry and fairy tales and has published more than one hundred pieces. Her prose "Feelings for Ginger" won the 2016 Bing Xin Children's Literature New Work Award. She has published the novellas The Golden Armor and The Rescue of Love, and has created series picture books including Chinese Folk Tales, Stories of Famous People, and The Four Great Inventions. Judging from the eleven works included in the library, her writing is not limited to children's literature but also touches on social culture, applied psychology, design, and foreign literature, such as Educational Psychology for Children, The Story of Design, and Sorry, We Are Not Born Elegant: A Collection of French Women's Emotional Novels, demonstrating her cross-disciplinary writing and editorial abilities. She has also participated in compiling medical figure works such as Sincere Great Physician Zhang Zhili, as well as practical tutorials on online store art design and customer service. Overall, her writing balances knowledge and readability and is aimed at children and general readers.
