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Birds Without Wings
Birds Without Wings
Author: Louis De Bernieres
Louis de Bernières’s last novel, Corelli’s Mandolin, was met with the highest praise: “Behind every page,” said Richard Russo, “we sense its author’s intelligence, wit, heart, imagination, and wisdom. This is a great book.” A. S. Byatt placed the author in “the direct line that runs thr...  more »
ISBN-13: 9781400043415
ISBN-10: 1400043417
Publication Date: 8/24/2004
Pages: 576
Rating:
  • Currently 3.9/5 Stars.
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3.9 stars, based on 10 ratings
Publisher: Knopf
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback, Audio Cassette, Audio CD
Members Wishing: 0
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buzzby avatar reviewed Birds Without Wings on + 6062 more book reviews
A long, leisurely story about early 20th century Anatolia. I enjoyed this more than Corelli's Mandolin, maybe because this has not been made into a movie, that I know of. The characters are the same sort of quaint villagers that you follow from childhood on.
buzzby avatar reviewed Birds Without Wings on + 6062 more book reviews
Historical fiction with a heavy dose of history. It's set in early 20th century Anatolia, in a fictional village with a mixture of Turks, Greeks, and Armenians. Anyone with a rudimentary knowledge of the history of that era can guess the plot from there.


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