BirdsongA novel of overwhelming emotional power, Birdsong is a story of love, death, sex and survival. Stephen Wraysford, a young Englishman, arrives in Amiens in northern France in 1910 to stay with the Azaire family, and falls in love with unhappily married Isabelle. But, with the world on the brink of war, the relationship falters, and Stephen volunteers to fight on the Western Front. His love for Isabelle forever engraved on his heart, he experiences the unprecedented horrors of that conflict - from which neither he nor any reader of this book can emerge unchanged. |
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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 Vintage Classics Volume 7 of Vintage War Series |
| Author | Sebastian Faulks |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Random House, 2014 |
| ISBN | 0099593459, 9780099593454 |
| Length | 512 pages |
| Subjects | › Fiction / War & Military |
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