Fall of the Birds Single edition by Bradford Morrow Literature Fiction eBooks
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A new novella by acclaimed author Bradford Morrow about a man who tracks an inexplicable plague of bird deaths, and the mystery’s profound effect on his family
Hundreds of red-winged blackbirds are discovered scattered, lifeless, around a greenhouse in Warwick, New York. Heaps of common grackles litter the fields of a farm upstate near Stone Ridge. And in Manhattan, a Washington Square restaurant is forced to close its doors when a flock of pigeons inexplicably dies on the sidewalks out front. From Pennsylvania to Maine, birds are falling from the sky en masse—and nobody can figure out why.
An insurance claims adjuster and avid birder is one of the first to recognize that something is wrong. His stepdaughter, Caitlin, has also noticed—their common interest in birds is one of the few things they share these days, since her mother died of cancer just six months ago. As they travel the Northeast together to investigate the ominous deaths, a bond forms that might prove strong enough to mend their broken family.
Fall of the Birds is a moving story of a haunting near-future and a tribute to the power of love that can survive even the most harrowing of circumstances.
“Morrow . . . is a mesmerizing storyteller who casts an irresistible spell.” —Joyce Carol Oates
“Literary fiction [is Morrow’s] particular, individual gift.” —The New York Times Book Review
“Morrow is a landscape painter of contemporary fiction; like his counterparts of a century ago, he evokes a certain mood and even momentum . . . by the scenes he chooses.” —The Boston Globe
Bradford Morrow is an award-winning novelist, short story writer, editor, and author of children’s books. He grew up in Colorado and traveled extensively before settling in New York and launching the renowned literary journal Conjunctions. His novel The Almanac Branch was a finalist for the PEN/Faulkner Award , and for Trinity Fields, Morrow was the recipient of the American Academy of Arts and Letters’ Academy Award in Literature. He has garnered numerous other accolades for his fiction, including O. Henry and Pushcart prizes, as well as a Guggenheim Fellowship. Morrow is a professor of literature and Bard Center Fellow at Bard College.
Fall of the Birds Single edition by Bradford Morrow Literature Fiction eBooks
"So, what's with the robins this spring?" Caitlan asks. It's mid-April in the Hudson River Valley, a week before her seventeenth birthday, and the robins always return before her birthday.So where are they? What about the bird feeder? It hasn't had any visitors for weeks? And where's the morning birdcall, the normal "chip and chant, twitter and gurgle, slur and rasp" that greets the sunrise?
In "The Fall of the Birds," as in any good yarn the suspense builds incrementally, uncertainty then unease gradually give way to menace and dread that becomes the fear that things are going to get really bad.
The narrator of "Fall of the Birds," is a insurance company claims adjuster. Caitlan is his stepdaughter. They're both grieving the recent death of Caitlan's mother. Both stepfather and stepdaughter are birders, knowledgeable about the birds around them and keen observers of avian habits and habitats.
When for no explainable reason birds begin dropping from the sky like gilded stones and when vagrant species of birds not normally seen anywhere near the Northeast begin congregating outside the window, the world seems to have titled on its axis and the alarm becomes palpable.
We're reminded that canaries went down into the mines for good reason and ultimately we're asked to consider if what's happening to the birds is a harbinger for humans. It's something unbalancing, a cause for unease.
Morrow's style to some may seem fussy. His vocabulary often relies on words such as palaver, vicissitudes and macadam. In his Amazon review (above) Jason Kirk says Morrow's language is "gravid yet light." The story is written in the first person. It's a good choice for a voice that's eloquent, descriptive.
A theme is the resilience of the human spirit. The birds are dying and a father and daughter are grieving over the death of their wife and mother. The future is uncertain. It's just at that point that "an incandescent ball of light" appears dancing about in the bushes. When's the last time, if ever, you've seen an indigo bunting?
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Fall of the Birds Single edition by Bradford Morrow Literature Fiction eBooks Reviews
I totally and completely LOVED this novella! Totally loved it, with fangirling delight and cherries on top and all xDDD
The story itself is incredibly touching, I instantly irreversibly loved Caitlin and her step-dad, and Laurel too, because of how much they loved her and suffered after her passing. I was actually amazed of how intense an emotional roller-coaster this novella was, I mean these 30 something pages pack an incredible punch! I was very close to tears all over the place; admittedly, topics revolving around birds are sort of delicate for me. I mean, as a symbol, I love birds; they're these magical creatures that link the ground we stomp on to the skies we pray to, they're beautiful creatures. And they do have the odd habit of showing up at the most emotionally charged moments, swirling in the sky with that grace that only they have and giving you the precious seed of hope and maybe tranquility.
That's what a solitary bird makes me think about, a couple dancing together in the sky, the most. Bigger numbers of them give me the instant flashback of some horrible The Birds scene that I accidentally glanced at when I was a kid. I don't know what that movie is about and I don't want to find out, those scenes gave me so many nightmares when I was a kid, I want to ignore its very existence. Just like that other nightmare of mine, the Pennywise clown from It? I'll never get this whole culture of fear thing, I'm sorry. Ranted, apologies.
This novella therefore manages to make me completely love it though, staring birds, there's a huge freak-out potential in it for me; this speaks to the mastery of Bradford Morrow's writing, I think. The writing style is absolutely beautiful, I loved every single word, each phrase, every last bit of it really, and it's a rare occurrence. This is just too beautiful for words. It's perhaps some magical talent of this writer, to create such a delightfully peaceful yet intensely emotional state of mind.
I do strongly advice you to read it, it's a short and incredibly beautiful novella, filled with memorable scenes and picturesque imagery that is bound to stay with you, tucked away inside your heart, as all true beauty is.
There were aspects I liked, but I was expecting more at the end. As far as I was concerned, it just left you hanging regarding the birds. I assume that the birds were to show about a family in distress and yet it just didn't hang together for me.
This was my first short story. It is not something I would normally read. The story is well written and easy to follow. I thought it fell short of defining the title.
What a disappointment! An interesting premise, the sudden mysterious deaths of many different species of birds was never resolved. The relationship between father and daughter apparently grew with each succeeding occurence as a shared experience that reached across the distance as they both grieved the death of her mother. A very short story that appears to be just a writing exercise, the style left me cold. No character development and no plot development either. It just ended when a bunting lands on the gravestone of their loved one, and flies away. A waste of $2. Most of the book was a history of the author"s life, work history, complete with plenty of photos.
"So, what's with the robins this spring?" Caitlan asks. It's mid-April in the Hudson River Valley, a week before her seventeenth birthday, and the robins always return before her birthday.
So where are they? What about the bird feeder? It hasn't had any visitors for weeks? And where's the morning birdcall, the normal "chip and chant, twitter and gurgle, slur and rasp" that greets the sunrise?
In "The Fall of the Birds," as in any good yarn the suspense builds incrementally, uncertainty then unease gradually give way to menace and dread that becomes the fear that things are going to get really bad.
The narrator of "Fall of the Birds," is a insurance company claims adjuster. Caitlan is his stepdaughter. They're both grieving the recent death of Caitlan's mother. Both stepfather and stepdaughter are birders, knowledgeable about the birds around them and keen observers of avian habits and habitats.
When for no explainable reason birds begin dropping from the sky like gilded stones and when vagrant species of birds not normally seen anywhere near the Northeast begin congregating outside the window, the world seems to have titled on its axis and the alarm becomes palpable.
We're reminded that canaries went down into the mines for good reason and ultimately we're asked to consider if what's happening to the birds is a harbinger for humans. It's something unbalancing, a cause for unease.
Morrow's style to some may seem fussy. His vocabulary often relies on words such as palaver, vicissitudes and macadam. In his review (above) Jason Kirk says Morrow's language is "gravid yet light." The story is written in the first person. It's a good choice for a voice that's eloquent, descriptive.
A theme is the resilience of the human spirit. The birds are dying and a father and daughter are grieving over the death of their wife and mother. The future is uncertain. It's just at that point that "an incandescent ball of light" appears dancing about in the bushes. When's the last time, if ever, you've seen an indigo bunting?
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