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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. Over the course of the novel he suffers a series of traumatic experiences, from the clandestine love affair that tears apart the family with whom he lives, to the unprecedented experiences of the war itself.
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Birdsong, Sebastian Faulks
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- Released
- 1994
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- Title
- Birdsong
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Sebastian Faulks
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Released
- 1994
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 528
- ISBN10
- 0099387913
- ISBN13
- 9780099387916
- Series
- French Trilogy
- Tags
- Fiction, Historical Themes, Love, Family, Classics, Friendship, France, Military Fiction, Relationships, Wars, 20th century, England, Theatre Plays, Adapted for Film, Fear, Loss, World War I (1914–1918), Writers, Pregnancy, Rape, Soldiers
- First published
- 1993
- Original title
- Birdsong
- Rating
- 4.1 out of 5
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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. Over the course of the novel he suffers a series of traumatic experiences, from the clandestine love affair that tears apart the family with whom he lives, to the unprecedented experiences of the war itself.