Birdsong: A Novel of Love and War Contributor(s): Faulks, Sebastian (Author) |
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ISBN: 0679776818 ISBN-13: 9780679776819 Publisher: Vintage
WE WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD! Click here for our low price guarantee Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: June 1997 Annotation: Published to international critical and popular acclaim, this intensely romantic yet stunningly realistic novel spans three generations and the unimaginable gulf between the First World War and the present. As the young Englishman Stephen Wraysford passes through a tempestuous love affair with Isabelle Azaire in France and enters the dark, surreal world beneath the trenches of No Man's Land, Sebastian Faulks creates a world of fiction that is as tragic as A Farewell to Arms and as sensuous as The English Patient. Crafted from the ruins of war and the indestructibility of love, Birdsong is a novel that will be read and marveled at for years to come. Click for more in this series: Vintage International |
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BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Historical - General - Fiction | Romance - Historical - 20th Century |
Dewey: FIC |
LCCN: 95023721 |
Series: Vintage International |
Physical Information: 1.2" H x 5.2" W x 8" L (0.85 lbs) 496 pages |
Themes: - Chronological Period - 1900-1949 - Chronological Period - 1900-1919 |
Features: Price on Product |
Review Citations: New York Times 09/14/1997 pg. 44 Publishers Weekly 05/27/1997 Entertainment Weekly 07/09/2010 pg. 81 Entertainment Weekly 03/02/2012 pg. 75 |
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Publisher Description: Published to international critical and popular acclaim, this intensely romantic yet stunningly realistic novel spans three generations and the unimaginable gulf between the First World War and the present. As the young Englishman Stephen Wraysford passes through a tempestuous love affair with Isabelle Azaire in France and enters the dark, surreal world beneath the trenches of No Man's Land, Sebastian Faulks creates a world of fiction that is as tragic as A Farewell to Arms and as sensuous as The English Patient. Crafted from the ruins of war and the indestructibility of love, Birdsong is a novel that will be read and marveled at for years to come. |
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