Intriguing and beautifully written. Gives insight into the creative process of an artist ( )

This book is probably better than my rating implies: it's just that I found it really hard to engage with. There are two strands to the story: the tale of the eagles, who return to their ancestral home on the isle of Skye, and the tale of an artist finding himself in creative work centred on eagles. However, for me the two strands didn't seem to mesh, since the human artist can know nothing of the inner life of the eagles, and his own struggles are entirely beyond their world. A reader of more literary or psychological sympathies may find this book more satisfying, and I might consider re-reading it in future; but coming to it as a young reader fresh from Duncton Wood, I found it baffling. MB 15-v-2009 ( )