Birds Without Wings by Louis De Bernieres

Birds Without Wings by Louis De Bernieres

Birds Without Wings traces the fortunes of one small community in southwest Turkey (Anatolia) in the early part of the last century -- a quirky community in which Christian and Muslim lives and traditions have co-existed peacefully over the centuries and where friendship, even love, has transcended religious differences.

But with the disintegration of the Ottoman Empire and the onset of the Great War, the sweep of history has a cataclysmic effect on this peaceful place: The great love of Philothei, a Christian girl of legendary beauty, and Ibrahim, a Muslim shepherd who courts her from near infancy, culminates in tragedy and madness; Two inseparable childhood friends who grow up playing in the hills above the town suddenly find themselves on opposite sides of the bloody struggle; and Rustem Bey, a wealthy landlord, who has an enchanting mistress who is not what she seems.

Far away from these small lives, a man of destiny who will come to be known as Mustafa Kemal Atat rk is emerging to create a country from the ruins of an empire. Victory at Gallipoli fails to save the Ottomans from ultimate defeat and, as a new conflict arises, Muslims and Christians struggle to survive, let alone understand, their part in the great tragedy that will reshape the whole region forever.

Louis de Bernieres is the author of, among other novels, The Dust That Falls From Dreams, A Partisan's Daughter, Birds Without Wings, Corelli's Mandolin, The Troublesome Offspring of Cardinal Guzman, Senor Vivo and the Coca Lord, and The War of Don Emmanuel's Nether Parts. Selected by Granta as one of the 20 Best Young British Novelists in 1993, de Bernieres lives in London.

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ISBN 13	9781400079322
ISBN 10	1400079322
Title	Birds Without Wings
Author	Louis De Bernieres
Series	Vintage International
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Random House USA Inc
Year published	2005-06-28
Number of pages	576
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