Twelve kinds of taste
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Historical Fiction, Historical Romance, History, Social conditions
Birds Without Wings is a novel by Louis de Bernières, written in 2004. Narrated by various characters, it tells the tragic love story of Philothei and Ibrahim. It also chronicles the rise of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the 'Father of the Turkish Nation'.
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Epic, bleak, overwhelming and earnest.
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On Open Library, 11 have read it and 20 want to.
“The people who remained in this place have often asked themselves why it was that Ibrahim went mad.”
Louis de Bernieres was born in London in 1954. After graduating in Philosophy from the Victoria University of Manchester, he took a postgraduate certificate in Education at Leicester Polytechnic and passed his MA, with distinction, at the University of London. He has held various jobs: landscape gardener, mechanic, officer cadet at Sandhurst and schoolteacher in both Colombia and England. ([source][1]) [1]: http://www.louisdebernieres.co.uk/about-1.html
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“Is this Louis de Bernières's best work?”
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