num_pages: 212
description: A new collection from one of the worlds great essayists ( The New York Times ) The Ghosts of Birds offers thirty-five essays by Eliot the first section of the book continues his linked serial-essay An Elemental Thing  which pulls the reader into a vortex for the entire universe ( Boston Review ). Here Weinberger chronicles a nineteenth-century journey down the Colorado River records the dreams of people named Chang and shares other factually verifiable discoveries that seem too fabulous to possibly be true. The second section collects Weinbergers essays on a wide range of subjectssome of which have been published in Harpers  New York Review of Books  and London Review of Books including his notorious review of George W. Bushs memoir Decision Points and writings about Mongolian art and poetry different versions of the Buddha American Indophilia (There is a line however jagged from pseudo-Hinduism to Malcolm X) Bla Balzs Herbert Read and Charles Reznikoff. This collection proves once again that Weinberger is one of the bravest and sharpest minds in the United States (Javier Maras).
language: English
title: The Ghosts of Birds
publisher: New Directions