Birds Without Wings
Author(s): Louis de Bernieres
Set against the backdrop of the collapsing Ottoman Empire, the Gallipoli campaign and the subsequent bitter struggle between Greeks and Turks, Birds Without Wings traces the fortunes of one small community in south-west Anatolia - a town in which Christians and Muslims have co-existed peacefully for centuries. When war is declared and the outside world intrudes, the twin scourges of religion and nationalism lead to forced marches and massacres, and the peaceful fabric of life is destroyed. Birds Without Wings is a novel about the personal and political costs of war, and about love: between men and women; between friends; between those who are driven to be enemies; and between Philothei, a Christian girl of legendary beauty, and Ibrahim the Goatherd who has courted her since infancy. Epic in sweep, intoxicating in its sensual detail, it is an enchanting masterpiece.
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A glorious new novel from the author of Captain Corelli's Mandolin, set at a time when the modern world was just beginning to define itself.
I loved its rich, relaxed humanism and was much moved by this expa nsive tale Boyd Tonkin, Independent 20041221 it draws a big dramatic canvas embellished with jihad and passion, religion and nationalism, and of course, lots of love Katherine Sale, Financial Times 20041221
Louis de Bernieres' first three novels are The War of Don Emmanuel's Nether Parts (Commonwealth Writers Prize, Best First Book Eurasia Region, 1991), Se-or Vivo and the Coca Lord (Commonwealth Writers Prize, Best Book Eurasia Region, 1992), and The Troublesome Offspring of Cardinal Guzman. The author was selected as one of the Granta twenty Best of Young British Novelists in 1993. Captain Corelli's Mandolin won the Commonwealth Writers Prize, Best Book, 1995. His most recent book is Red Dog.
General Fields
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- : Vintage Publishing
- : Vintage Classics
- : 0.356
- : 01 February 2014
- : 178mm X 110mm
- : United Kingdom
- : 01 April 2014
- : 01 January 2018
- : books
Special Fields
- : Louis de Bernieres
- : 640
- : 823.92
- : Paperback
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