| Birdsong: A Novel of Love and War Contributor(s): Faulks, Sebastian (Author) |
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ISBN: 0679776818 ISBN-13: 9780679776819 Publisher: Vintage OUR PRICE: $17.10 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats 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. |
| Additional Information |
| 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" (0.85 lbs) 496 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1900-1949 - Chronological Period - 1900-1919 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| 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. |