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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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    BIRDSONG tells the story of Stephen, a young Englishman, whose life spans a series of extreme experiences, from a traumatic clandestine love affair, through the grim insanity of the First World War. 'A brilliant, harrowing tale of love and war. ' Phil Hogan - OBSERVER 'Magnificent - deeply moving. ' - SUNDAY TIMES

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    Set before and during the Great War, Birdsong captures the drama of that era on both a national and a personal scale. It is the story of Stephen, a young Englishman, who arrives in Amiens in 1910. His life goes through a series of traumatic...

  • 1856869202
  • 9781856869201
  • Sebastian Faulks
  • 7 October 2004
  • Random House Audiobooks
  • Audio CD (CD)
  • Audiobook
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