Clarke, a nineteenth-century English naturalist, roams the pampas in
search of that most elusive and rare animal: the Legibrerian hare, whose
defining quality seems to be its ability to fly. The local Indians,
pointing skyward, report recent sightings of the hare but then ask
Clarke to help them search for their missing chief as well. On further
investigation Clarke finds more than meets the eye: in the Mapuche and
Voroga languages every word has at least two meanings.Witty, very
ironic, and with all the usual Airian digressive magic, The Hare
offers subtle reflections on love, Victorian-era colonialism, and the
many ambiguities of language