Novel Destinations
The Migrant Painter of Birds
by Lidia Jorge
Published by Harvill Press in 2001
A young woman in rural Portugal desperately searches for the truth about her runaway father as she mentally pieces together the meagre evidence of his past - a few photographs and the beautiful drawings of birds sent by him from faraway lands. She blends these with the harsh tales told about him, and with her own recollections, which are filled with love. As she grows up, she is determined to find him and uncover the truth.
