This book was recommended to me by my grandpa. It was his favorite book when he was about my age. The Last of the Curlews is a very complex, extremely detailed book where little action occurs. In the very small amount of pages, a member of the species of a bird called an Eskimo Curlew is in search for a mate. He tries but fails to distinguish a female of his own species. For his ancestors this was an easy task, but now almost all of the Eskimo Curlews have been shot by hunters. The book is about his search- how he traveled with a flock of smaller birds through harsh blizzards and storms, and mistakes other types of female curlews for his type. Finally, he finds a female of his very own kind- after years of searching, and they start a life together.
This book takes place all over the world, mostly in Europe. I'm guessing that the time era is around the 1940s. It is a really old, slow-moving and difficult-to-read book, but the scenery it describes is beautiful, and it helps you with your own writing.
Lucy Nelson 10/23/11
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