The woodpecker's brain is suspended in threads, which makes it unique in the bird genus in that it lacks a connection between body and consciousness.
Beloved author John Ajvide Lindqvist goes from horror to laughter. With the help of pseudoscience, fake ornithology and everyday philosophy, he weaves free fantasies around our most common birds, with absurd humor as a result. The texts are beautifully illustrated with watercolors by Mia Ajvide. Here it is told why Danish is the language that ravens have the easiest time imitating, how many swallows are required to make a summer and what happened to SOG, Stora Ornithologiska Genusutredningen. The perfect gift for the person who thinks they know everything.
"The texts in Alternative facts about birds, written by John Ajvide Lindqvist, are both playful, intelligent and sometimes almost believable. (...) it is a real pleasure to read all the short stories in this fun, condensed book where each re-written bird's peculiarities illustrated by Mia Ajvide. A fun, very rewarding reading experience in the short format." BTJ, Elisabeth Brännström
"It's witty, light-hearted and not a little twisted, when we learn how magpies came to be, why we never see the ostriches around us, and how the dream of goldfinches has caused a whole sect to sit in trees and screech, wearing strange hats." Norrtelje Newspaper
"The presentation is, on the whole, matter-of-fact, intimate and a little strangely circumstantial, like in one of the ornithologist Erik Rosenberg's field manuals from the first half of the 20th century. The content, on the other hand, is pure pippin. (...) and often enough it floats up to slightly genius heights." Aftonbladet, Petter Lindgren
Product information
Author: John Ajvide Lindqvist
Illustrator: Mia Ajvide
Designer: Eva Jais-Nielsen
ISBN: 9789177751854
Language: Swedish
Weight: 178 grams
Released: 2021-11-23
Publisher: Ordfront Verlag
Pages: 54