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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: Iskander the Potter and fount of proverbial wisdom; Philothei a Christian girl of legendary beauty who is courted almost from infancy by Ibrahim the Goatherd their great love culminating in tragedy and madness; Karatavuk and Mehmetcik childhood friends who play in the hills above the town Mehmetcik teaching the illiterate Karatavuk how to write Turkish in Greek letters; the two holy men of different faiths Father Kristoforos and Abdulhamid Hodja who greet each other with the words 'infidel efendi'; the landlord Rustem Bey his wife's adultery and stoning and his journey to Istanbul in search of a Circassian mistress. It tells also of Mustafa Kemal the man of destiny who by virtue of military genius and sheer bloody-mindedness defeats the Franks and reshapes the whole region in his image. When jihad is declared against the Allies the young men of the town are sent to war. Karatavuk soon finds himself at Gallipoli where he experiences the intimate brutality of trench warfare the loss of many comrades and of his own innocence.As the great world intrudes the twin scourges of religion and nationalism lead to forced marches and massacres hunger grips the town and the peaceful fabric of life is destroyed. Epic yet profoundly humane "Birds without Wings" is a glorious novel by one of our finest and best-loved novelists.
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Set against the backdrop of the collapsing Ottoman Empire, 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 co-existed 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.'A mesmerising patchwork of horror, humour and humanity' Independent
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BookDepository
Birds Without Wings : Paperback : Vintage Publishing : 9780099478980 : 0099478986 : 27 Jun 2011 : Set against the backdrop of the collapsing Ottoman Empire, 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 co-existed peacefully for centuries.
- 0099478986
- 9780099478980
- Louis De Bernieres
- 11 June 2005
- Vintage
- Paperback (Book)
- 640
- New edition
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