Contents

About the Author

Title Page

Copyright Page

Dedication

Epigraph

PIGEON

NAUTILUS

FOX

WOLF

DEER

NIGHTINGALE

HARE

HYENA

REINDEER

SWAN

DOLPHIN

SNAKE

BEE

BUCK

SWALLOW

BLACK SWAN

BAT

STARLING

OWL

MAGPIE

CROW

SONGBIRD

PEACOCK

WHALE

SKYLARK

HORSE

CRUSTACEAN

EXTRACT OF INTERVIEW WITH LEV ALEKSANDR VOLKOV, PARIS, FRANCE, 1974

SEAHORSE

HERON

MOTH

MOURNING DOVE

BUTTERFLY

Acknowledgements