DREAMBIRDS. THE NATURAL HISTORY OF A FANTASY. ROB NIXON IN SOUTH AFRICA

1999. Hard cover with dust cover. 289 pages. Very good condition. Under 1kg. Dream birds is a pesonal lyrical journey throuh two sprawling arid worlds spanning two centuries and two continents.at its heart looms the ostrich,the dreambird of rob nixons childhood,linking together,in one incongenious,mythical frontier story,1900 paris fashion houses,Lithuaniun jewish refugees making feather fortunes in the south african desert and the rustlers and hustlers of todays american west.it teems with stories of euporic overnight fortunes and disasterous bankruptcies sumtuous excess,human inventiveness and brutal machismo,full of humour,quirky social history and acute perceptions about the natural world,Dreambirds hatches into the beautifull revelation of a mans soul.