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Borne jeff vandermeer5/26/2023 However, these birds reject her as “There was too much else inside her” (8). The Strange Bird encounters a flock of birds which she attempts to greet. The novel then follows the Strange Bird, as she rather naively heads south over a desert. However, she is only met with foxes who chase her. At first, the Strange Bird searches for a home and for others of her kind. Upon escaping from the laboratory, the Strange Bird explores the area and follows an internal compass that is leading her southeast. The Strange Bird, therefore, straddles the line between nature, humanity, and technology and has certain epiphanies about each of them.Īt the start of the novel, the Strange Bird escapes from a laboratory used to test on animals. The Strange Bird is a biotech creation that is a mix of multiple different animals, including humans, and technology. Vandermeer uses third-person limited voice to describe the journey through the eyes of the Strange Bird. Jeff Vandermeer’s novel is divided into 23 chapters detailing the journey of a Strange Bird as she follows her inner compass through a post-apocalyptic world. The following version of this book was used to create the guide: Vandermeer, Jeff.
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