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  Birdbrain (Paperback) By (author) Johanna Sinisalo, Translated by David Hackston

  

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  Short Description for BirdbrainThe story of a young Finnish couple who have embarked on the hiking trip of a lifetime, with "Heart of Darkness" as their only reading matter. Conrad's dark odyssey turns out to be a prescient choice as their trip turns into a tortuous thriller, with belongings disappearing, and they soon find themselves at the mercy of untamed nature, seemingly directed by the local kakapo--a highly intelligent p
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  • Publisher: PETER OWEN LTD
  • Published: 01 April 2011
  • Format: Paperback 260 pages
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  • Categories: Contemporary Fiction | Horror | Science Fiction | Fantasy
  • ISBN 13: 9780720613438 ISBN 10: 0720613434
  • Sales rank: 279,972

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• From the author of the critically acclaimed "Troll," the new novel from Johanna Sinisalo is full of her trademark style, surreal invention, and savage humor Set in Australasia, this is the story of a young Finnish couple who have embarked on the hiking trip of a lifetime, with "Heart of Darkness" as their only reading matter. Conrad's dark odyssey turns out to be a prescient choice as their trip turns into a tortuous thriller, with belongings disappearing, and they soon find themselves at the mercy of untamed nature, seemingly directed by the local kakapo--a highly intellegent parrot threatened with extinction. This is a skillful portrait of the unquenchable desire of Westerners for the pure and the primitive, revealing the dark side of the explorer's desire--the insatiable need to control, to invade, and leave one's mark on the landscape. But what happens when nature starts to fight back?