H is for Hawk-雄鹰

作者：Helen Macdonald

书名：H is for Hawk《雄鹰》

中文简介：H is for Hawk《雄鹰》它讲述了作者Helen 麦克唐纳在父亲突然去世之后，开始驯养苍鹰的故事——这是世界上最为凌利、极难驯服的猛禽。驯养的过程是艰辛孤独的、奇妙的，背后则是一段走出困境、自我救赎的旅程。最重要的是，它不是虚构的小说，而是一段真实的人生回忆。

英文简介：Obsession, madness, memory, myth, and history combine to achieve a distinctive blend of nature writing and memoir from an outstanding literary innovator.

When Helen Macdonald's father died suddenly on a London street, she was devastated. An experienced falconer—Helen had been captivated by hawks since childhood—she'd never before been tempted to train one of the most vicious predators, the goshawk. But in her grief, she saw that the goshawk's fierce and feral temperament mirrored her own. Resolving to purchase and raise the deadly creature as a means to cope with her loss, she adopted Mabel, and turned to the guidance of The Once and Future King author T.H. White's chronicle The Goshawk to begin her challenging endeavor. Projecting herself "in the hawk's wild mind to tame her" tested the limits of Macdonald's humanity and changed her life. 

Heart-wrenching and humorous, this book is an unflinching account of bereavement and a unique look at the magnetism of an extraordinary beast, with a parallel examination of a legendary writer's eccentric falconry. Obsession, madness, memory, myth, and history combine to achieve a distinctive blend of nature writing and memoir from an outstanding literary innovator.