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3.82 AVERAGE
3.82 AVERAGE
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Leí el libro por recomendación, y ha sido un gran acierto hacerlo en este momento, en el que estoy empezando a explorar la regulación emocional a través de la naturaleza. La experiencia de Helen Macdonald enriquece esta indagación con su viaje de “fusión” con el azor, hasta comprender que sus naturalezas son compatibles, pero separadas.
Me ha hecho asomar la cabeza, aunque sea durante unas horas, al mundo de las aves, un animal al que apenas había prestado atención, a pesar de estar rodeada de ellas a diario. Me ha maravillado cómo forman parte esencial de sus paisajes y cómo destacan en cada lugar que describe. Me ha hecho tomar consciencia de que cada persona percibe y se fija en elementos distintos del entorno: los pájaros, la geología, las plantas que crecen, los escaparates, la ropa tendida en los balcones, ...
Por último, quiero destacar que me ha gustado leer sus reflexiones sobre el tránsito del duelo que vivió.
Me ha hecho asomar la cabeza, aunque sea durante unas horas, al mundo de las aves, un animal al que apenas había prestado atención, a pesar de estar rodeada de ellas a diario. Me ha maravillado cómo forman parte esencial de sus paisajes y cómo destacan en cada lugar que describe. Me ha hecho tomar consciencia de que cada persona percibe y se fija en elementos distintos del entorno: los pájaros, la geología, las plantas que crecen, los escaparates, la ropa tendida en los balcones, ...
Por último, quiero destacar que me ha gustado leer sus reflexiones sobre el tránsito del duelo que vivió.
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H is for Hawk by Helen Macdonald is a memoir about walking through grief. Helen's father died unexpectedly and her grief led her to one of her earliest passions, falconry. She decided to train one of the most difficult birds for falconers, the goshawk. Focused on both her grief, her experience training Mabel and the guidance she received from The Goshawk by T. H. White, this book takes us through some of Macdonald's darkest days. Her story is ultimately a triumph. And though I am not a bird person, I could feel the majesty of Mabel and feel the tenderness and beauty in their relationship. On the other hand, I did find the stories about T. H. White's experience intriguing at first, but then it became tiring for me. While this book is full of beautiful prose, I also frequently found my mind wandering maybe because I don't love nature writing. As I read it, I also found myself thinking about Wild by Cheryl Strayed, but it didn't quite have the impact on me as Wild did.
I don't know what I was expecting, but this really was all about a hawk. Too much for me, and I like birds
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Raw memoir about grief and falconry. I didn't like the descriptions of the goshawk's kills, and kept wondering why Macdonald spent so much of her book describing another book... but she is a compelling writer.
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This book is about hawks and grief and how we can lose ourself in the peace of wild things but we have to remember the way back. Her grief for her Father weaves in and out of her story of training her haw Mable. It was beautiful and touching but somehow often clinical as well. I enjoyed the the way she examines the landscape we see and compares it to what's actually there. It was a lovely, reflective and beautifully written book.
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