The former has for a protagonist Pandele Vergea , a thirty - five - year - old man who is consumed by an avicultural obsession , who dreams of turning into a bird .
Who is eventually maimed by his overcrowded fowls .
The former has for a protagonist Pandele Vergea , a thirty - five - year - old man who is consumed by an avicultural obsession , who dreams of turning into a bird , and who is eventually maimed by his overcrowded fowls .