I Heard the Owl Call My Name
- I Heard the Owl Call My Name
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author = Margaret Craven
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country = England
language = English
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publisher = Clarke Irwin and Co Ltd
release_date = 1967
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"I Heard the Owl Call My Name" is a 1967 novel by American author Margaret Craven.
The book tells the story of a young Anglican vicar named Mark Brian with not long to live, who learns about the meaning of life when he is sent to a First Nations parish in British Columbia. First published in Canada in 1967, it was not until 1973 when the book was picked up by an American publisher. Released to wide acclaim, it reached No.1 on the New York Times bestseller list. In the year of its American release, the book was adapted to the screen by Gerald Di Pego as a CBS television movie of the same title.
ignificance of title
Craven employs various uses of animal iconography in this novel. One of the symbols she uses is the owl. According to the legends of the Kwakiutl tribe, the owl calls the names of the people who are approching their death. At the end of Chapter 20, Brian reveals to Marta, a grandmother of the tribe, that he heard the owl's call. ("On the bank of the river I heard the owl call my name....") Soon after, he meets his inevitable fate.
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