Notes of a Provincial Wildfowler
Will be published approx. on 30. March 2012
Book
Paperback/Softback
304 pages
978-0-8101-2861-3 (ISBN)
Description
Notes of a Provincial Wildfowler is filled with precise descriptions of bird behaviour, observations of their life cycles, and lyrical discourses on the habitats of the Russian steppe. Aksakov's nostalgic fondness for his homeland permeates his Notes, and his passion for the habits of his subjects provides a stark contrast with his enthusiasm for the shooting - and eating - of his quarry.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Evanston
United States
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 231 mm
Width: 157 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
522 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8101-2861-3 (9780810128613)
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Persons
Sergei Timofeevich Aksakov (1791-1859) is considered one of nineteenth-century Russia's finest prose stylists; he is best knwn outside of Russia for his great autobiographical trilogy: A Family Chronicle, Childhood Years of a Bagrov Grandson, and Memoirs. Aksakov's Notes on Fishing is also published by Northwestern University Press. Kevin Windle is a professor in the Department of Modern European Languages at the Australian National University.