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The Go-Away Bird and Other Stories is the first short story collection by Scottish author Muriel Spark, first published in 1958 by Macmillan in the UK and in 1960 by Lippincott in the US.
23 de feb. de 2024 · THE GO-AWAY BIRD, WITH OTHER STORIES. by. Muriel Spark. Publication date. 1958-01-01. Publisher. Macmillan. Collection. inlibrary; printdisabled; internetarchivebooks.
9 de dic. de 2020 · The stories in this book are "The Black Madonna", "The Pawnbroker's Wife", "The Twins", "Miss Pinkerton's Apocalypse", "A Sad Tale's Best For Winter", "The Go-away Bird", "Daisy Overend", "You Should Have Seen The Mess", "Come Along, Marjorie", "The Seraph and the Zambesi", "The Portobello Road". Originally published: London ...
11 de jun. de 2014 · The go-away bird, and other stories. by. Spark, Muriel. Publication date. 1960. Topics. West Indians. Publisher. Philadelphia, Lippincott.
All over the Colony it was possible to hear the subtle voice of the grey-crested lourie, commonly known as the go-away bird by its call, "go'way, go'way". Though it was a British colony, most of the people who lived in the dorp and its vicinity were Afrikaners, or Dutch as they were simply called.
23 de nov. de 2019 · Set in Africa and England during World War II, “The Go-Away Bird” presents characters who reflect diverse backgrounds, personalities, motivations, and societies.
This perverse desire to exchange African sun for English mist is partly the result of Daphne’s low vitality, but partly it is her response to the cry of a local bird, the “Go-Away” bird, whose cry dramatizes the threatening aspects of Africa.
