The Snow Goose and The Small Miracle (Paperback, New Ed)

A ??P story expanded into a slim book - a war story of sentimental mold, slight but well done. An ugly misshapen painter has healed an injured snow goose brought to him by a shy girl of the marshes. Each season the goose returns, each season their friendship ripens. Finally, the goose accompanies the painter to Dunkirk, where, with a selling vessel holding seven men, he does his part in the evacuation. The goose becomes a legend of safe escape - and when he returns to the marshes, he is proof to the girl that her painter is dead. (Kirkus Reviews)

‘Did you run across that queer sort of legend about a wild goose? It was all up and down the beaches. You know how those things spring up. Some of the men I brought back were talking about it. It was supposed to have appeared at intervals the last days between Dunkirk and La Panne. If you saw it, you were eventually saved. That sort of thing.’

‘Hmm, a wild goose. I saw a tame one. Dashed strange experience. Tragic in a way, too. And lucky for us. Tell you about it …

’ The Snow Goose is a beautiful tale of a hunchbacked artist, a girl, a wounded bird and a courageous act at Dunkirk. Also included in this volume is The Small Miracle, a contemporary fable inspired by St Francis of Assisi. Both tales are endearing classics of the storyteller’s art.

General

Imprint:	Penguin Books
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Penguin Essentials
Release date:	February 2001
First published:	February 2001
Authors:	Paul Gallico
Dimensions:	181 x 111 x 6mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Mass Market
Pages:	78
Edition:	New Ed
ISBN-13:	978-0-14-029952-6
Categories:	Books > Fiction > General & literary fiction > Modern fiction
LSN:	0-14-029952-1
Barcode:	9780140299526

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