WORLD SOUNDSCAPE PROJECT
SOUND REFERENCES IN LITERATURE



681.

The wind starts again ... the trees behind us moving their leaves, the sound ripples; ... Loon voice ... the echoes deflect from all sides, surrounding us, here everything echoes.

Margaret Atwood, Surfacing, McClelland & Stewart Ltd., Toronto, 1972, p. 40.

PIACE: Northern Quebec

TIME: 1972

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682.

Birdsong wakes me... I listen, my ears are rusty, there's nothing but a jumble of sound. They sing for the same reason trucks honk, to proclaim their territories: a rudimentary language.

Margaret Atwood, Surfacing, McClelland & Stewart Ltd., Toronto, 1972, p. 41.

PIACE: Northern Quebec

TIME: 1972

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683.

We walk through the green light, feet muffled on wet decaying leaves.

Margaret Atwood, Surfacing, McClelland & Stewart Ltd., Toronto, 1972, p. 50.

PIACE: Northern Quebec

TIME: 1972

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684.

Outside I hear the crunch of wood on wood as the canoe hits the dock.

Margaret Atwood, Surfacing, McClelland & Stewart Ltd., Toronto, 1972, p. 59.

PIACE: Northern Quebec (a fishing village)

TIME: 1972

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685.

I hear the tick tock of the frog hopping up and hitting its muzzle against the jar lid.

Margaret Atwood, Surfacing, McClelland & Stewart Ltd., Toronto, 1972, p. 63.

PIACE: Northern Quebec

TIME: 1972

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