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Birds Without Wings

By: Louis De Bernieres
Narrated by: Christopher Kay
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Birds Without Wings tells of the inhabitants of a small coastal town in South West Anatolia in the dying days of the Ottoman empire: the local Potter and fount of proverbial wisdom; a Christian girl of legendary beauty; childhood friends who play in the hills above the town, and the two holy men of different faiths, who greet each other with the words 'infidel efendi'.

©2004 Louis de Bernières (P)2005 W. F. Howes Ltd Fiction Genre Fiction Historical Fiction Imperialism Ottoman Empire Middle East Crusade
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Very long and some chapters felt like a history lesson, but the wonderful characters were brought to life by the beautiful narration making me want to keep listening to hear their stories. Funny, sad, poignant. I come away understanding more about a region and time in history I knew little about, and how events there have had such a profound and reververating effect globally, while catastrophically impacting and changing the lives of ordinary people.

loved it!

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Definitely a book for those who enjoy the journey. Wry humour, beautifully written and an interesting perspective on historical events.

Terrific!

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Great storytelling and characterisation but waaay to long and repetitive and too many tangents. I stuck with it till the end but it wasn’t enjoyable

Too long

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