by Colleen McCullough · Plaza & Janés · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788401490101
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«El pájaro canta hasta morir» is the romantic novel by Colleen McCullough, published by Plaza & Janés in paperback (607 pages, in Spanish).
The narrative follows the Cleary family, Irish emigrants settled at the sheep station of Drogheda, in the Australian Outback, over half a century. The plot centers on Meggie, the only daughter, and her forbidden love for Ralph de Bricassart, an ambitious priest; their relationship spans decades marked by faith, duty and passion.
Work originally published in English as «The Thorn Birds» (1977), also known in Spanish as «El pájaro espino».
For readers of family sagas and romantic novels with a historical backdrop.
Colleen McCullough was an Australian author. Raised in Sydney, she trained as a neurophysiologist and spent her early career working at hospitals and universities in Australia and overseas. In 1974, while working as a research assistant at the Yale School of Medicine, she published her first novel Tim. Her second novel, The Thorn Birds, was published in 1977 and became an international bestseller. It sold more than 30 million copies worldwide and was adapted into a successful television miniseries.
