Birds Without Wings

Louis De Bernieres (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

816 Seiten

2005
Vintage (Verlag)
978-0-09-948493-6 (ISBN)

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Set against the backdrop of the collapsing Ottoman Empire, the Gallipoli campaign and the subsequent bitter struggle between Greeks and Turks, 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. Philothei, a Christian girl of legendary beauty, and Ibrahim the Goatherd who has courted her since infancy are but two of the many casualties. With the end of a community that once transcended religious differences, their great love seems destined to end in tragedy and madness-

Louis de Berni-res' first three novels are The War of Don Emmanuel's Nether Parts (Commonwealth Writers Prize, Best First Book Eurasia Region, 1991), Se-or Vivo and the Coca Lord (Commonwealth Writers Prize, Best Book Eurasia Region, 1992), and The Troublesome Offspring of Cardinal Guzman. The author was selected as one of the Granta twenty Best of Young British Novelists in 1993. Captain Corelli's Mandolin won the Commonwealth Writers Prize, Best Book, 1995

Erscheint lt. Verlag	4.7.2005
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	111 x 178 mm
Gewicht	400 g
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Historische Romane
	Literatur ► Märchen / Sagen
	Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
	Literatur ► Zweisprachige Ausgaben ► Deutsch / Englisch
Schlagworte	Englisch; Romane/Erzählungen
ISBN-10	0-09-948493-5 / 0099484935
ISBN-13	978-0-09-948493-6 / 9780099484936
Zustand	Neuware