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Birdsong (Vintage Classics) Book

Readers who are entranced by sweeping historical sagas will devour Birdsong, Sebastian Faulks' drama set during the first world war. There's even a little high-toned erotica thrown into the mix to convince the doubtful. The book's hero, a 20-year-old Englishman named Stephen Wraysford, finds his true love on a trip to Amiens in 1910. Unfortunately, she's already married, the wife of a wealthy textile baron. Wrayford convinces her to leave a life of passionless comfort to be at his side, but things do not turn out according to plan. Wraysford is haunted by this doomed affair and carries it with him into the trenches of the war. Birdsong derives most of its power from its descriptions of mud and blood, and Wraysford's attempt to retain a scrap of humanity while surrounded by it. There is a simultaneous description of his present-day granddaughter's quest to read his diaries, which is designed to give some sense of perspective; this device is only somewhat successful. Nevertheless, Birdsong is a rewarding read, an unflinching war story and a touching romance.Read More

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  • TheBookPeople

    Now a successful BBC drama, Sebastian Faulks' Birdsong is a must read for anyone with an interest in history, especially with the way it describes the anguish of love and war in vivid detail. Telling the story of young Englishman Stephen Wraysford, the stunning novel follows the strange and bitter man on his journey to Picardy, France, to learn about the textile business. While there, he plunges into a love affair with the wife of his host that changes him forever. His journey continues onto the Western Front as a soldier during World War I, although Stephen still manages to find hope and meaning even in this situation. Sixty years later, his granddaughter discovers, and keeps, Stephen's promise to a dying man.

  • Blackwell

    In 1910 a young Englishman, Stephen Wraysford, goes to Picardy, France, to learn the textile business. While there he plunges into a love affair with the young wife of his host, a passion so imperative and consuming that it changes him forever.

  • 009952838X
  • 9780099528388
  • Sebastian Faulks
  • 6 January 2011
  • Vintage Classics
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 528
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