The flight path of The Spirit Bird traces many landscapes and different transitory lives. A young man scratches out a living from the desert; a woman follows a rarely seen bird in the far reaches of Alaska; a poor single mother sorts out her life in a fancy mountain town. Other protagonists yearn to cross a racial divide, keep developers from a local island, explore their sexuality, and mourn a lost loved one. The characters in this collection are compelled to seek beyond their own horizons, and as the stories unfold, the search becomes the expression of their desires. The elusive spirit bird is a metaphor for what we've lost, for what we hope for, and for what we don't know about ourselves.
- ISBN10 0822944367
- ISBN13 9780822944362
- Publish Date 19 September 2014 (first published 1 January 2014)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 20 December 2021
- Publish Country US
- Imprint University of Pittsburgh Press
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 336
- Language English