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Birds Without Wings

By: Louis de Bernières
Narrated by: Hugh Bonneville
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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 Christian and Muslim lives and traditions have coexisted 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.

©2004 Louis De Bernieres (P)2014 Random House Audiobooks Fiction Genre Fiction Historical Fiction Feel-Good Ottoman Empire War Imperialism
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What a wonderful story And the narration! One of the best I have heard. You can probably tell that I loved this book and would unreservedly recommend it to anyon.

Absolutely superb.

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where is the rest of the book? this is heavily abridged. where do i look ?

this is heavily abridged. i want the other half.

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