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[edit] Relation to Another Story?

While I have not read (or ever even heard of this story) I noticed that it seems to bear a striking resemblance to "A Very Old Man With Enormouse Wings" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez. Someone with more knowledge of the story than I might wish to write on this, for instance, who came first, was one influenced by the other? Also, there is a song by Loreena McKennitt with the same title, she gets the word from the Skellig Islands off the west coast of Ireland. Here Monks copied religious literature. Mabe this has something to do with the title? --Leif902 18:09, 21 February 2006 (UTC)

The other thing that is interesting in Skellig is Almond's numerous references to birds. (Mina, Falconer road, Crow Road, Coot....) Was this done intentionally??

[edit] Darwin

Having read the story,I can say that the link with birds is very deliberate. Almond's magical central conceit is to link the Angel myth with the putative existence of Archaeopteryx, an as-yet-unproven connection between the worlds of heavy-boned earthbound beasts and heaven-bound creatures of the air. This is delicately done, with a touch so deft that it almost escapes the reader that the theme of mystery is most aptly extolled in a book for and about children, but is also one which should resonate with all who have an enquiring mind.

I have just to read the book and have only read the first chapter, but it does seem rather interesting. Will anyone tell me what the thing that the boy finds is? !!! Neva look at this syt peeple edit it!xxxx

[edit] What is this?

WILL SOMEONE PLKLEASE TELL ME WHAT THE THING IS THAT HE FINDS??!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.159.196.67 (talk) 19:03, 3 January 2008 (UTC)

Um, you can read the plot summary if you want, but basically it's a dried-up crabby man who turns out to have wings and is actually a an angel thing and a really good being. I guess maybe there should be more description of the creature in the article other than in the plot summary?--RainbowWerewolf (talk) 18:53, 7 February 2008 (UTC)