Birdsong: A Novel of Love and WarPublished to international critical and popular acclaim, this intensely romantic yet stunningly realistic novel spans three generations and the unimaginable gulf between the First World War and the present. As the young Englishman Stephen Wraysford passes through a tempestuous love affair with Isabelle Azaire in France and enters the dark, surreal world beneath the trenches of No Man's Land, Sebastian Faulks creates a world of fiction that is as tragic as A Farewell to Arms and as sensuous as The English Patient. Crafted from the ruins of war and the indestructibility of love, Birdsong is a novel that will be read and marveled at for years to come. |
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User Review - bcrowl399 - LibraryThingI was expecting a little more from this book based on the reviews I'd read. It was well written, poignant, captivating. However there were times when the details were skimmed over and other places ... Read full review
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User Review - Clara53 - LibraryThingAn epic tumultuous saga, starting from 1910 to 1918, and then jumping to 1978-79, a follow up of sorts. 1910, France - an ardent and brief love affair (which didn't particularly grab my heart, like I ... Read full review
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| Title | Birdsong: A Novel of Love and War Vintage International |
| Author | Sebastian Faulks |
| Publisher | Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 2012 |
| ISBN | 0307820386, 9780307820389 |
| Length | 496 pages |
| Subjects | › › › Fiction / Romance / Historical / 20th Century Fiction / Sagas Fiction / War & Military |
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