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The Bird Artist
The Bird Artist
Author: Howard Norman
Howard Norman's The Bird Artist, the first book of his Canadian trilogy, begins in 1911. Its narrator, Fabian Vas is a bird artist: He draws and paints the birds of Witless Bay, his remote Newfoundland coastal village home. In the first paragraph of his tale Fabian reveals that he has murdered the village lighthouse keeper, Botho August. ...  more »
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ISBN-13: 9780374113308
ISBN-10: 0374113300
Publication Date: 7/1/1994
Pages: 289
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Publisher: Farrar Straus Giroux
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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The story of Fabian Vas, from Witless Bay, Newfoundland, 1911. At age 20, Fabian is working at a boat factory and taking a correspondence course in bird painting.

Then his father leaves on a long hunting expedition, his mother takes up with the lighthouse keeper, and Fabian's world loses its bearings.
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