On Wings of Song - Poems About Birds (Hardcover)

This classic, award-winning novel was included in Harold Bloom’s The Western Canon as a work likely to be cherished by future scholars, and in David Pringle’s Science Fiction: The Best 100 Novels. It treats one of mankind’s most persistent fantasies as a criminal offense.

Flying--it is a transcendental state, the highest exaltation of the soul, paradise itself, and it can be achieved simply by singing a song. But it is also illegal, at least in the state of Iowa, where everything’s rationed, where people live in fortress-villages, and where Daniel Weinreb, intrepid native and incorrigible teen, does a stint in prison for having secretly delivered copies of the Star-Tribune, the immoral daily from the infidel state of Minnesota. While in prison, he is advised by an inmate that if he wants to fly, he must make a mess of his life, and upon release, that is exactly what he does. For Daniel finds that he will do anything in order to fly.

General

Imprint:	Modern Library Inc
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Everyman's Library Pocket Poets Series
Release date:	March 2000
First published:	March 2000
Editors:	J.D. McClatchy
Dimensions:	165 x 112 x 18mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	256
ISBN-13:	978-0-375-40749-9
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: texts > Poetry texts & anthologies > General Promotions
LSN:	0-375-40749-9
Barcode:	9780375407499

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