Bird language

Paul Arimond traveled to Afghanistan in 2003 as a medic in the German army, traveling to a country that his great-grandfather Ambrosius had once visited in search of a universal language of birds. Powell, who feels guilty after a car accident he caused, also likes to watch and draw birds.

Norbert Scheuer's multi-illustrated novel about a sensitive lover delves into the entanglements from which the mysterious lives of its dynamic, solitary heroes emerge.