Birdsong: A Novel of Love and War (Vintage International)

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As our punishment for God knows what, we were there, and our men died in each of those disgusting places.

Birdsong in a Time of Silence by Steven Lovatt review Birdsong in a Time of Silence by Steven Lovatt review

The song is similar to a blackbird's, but rather than ending abruptly the mistle thrush trails off almost absentmindedly. The novel carefully acquaints you with this nervous, intelligent, fearful man, but then it kills him almost casually. 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.She does this by phoning elderly servicemen, visiting war memorials and translating Stephen's diary. It is now up to us to keep alive the memories of those who have endured the war and of those who have not. When Agnes becomes unwell, Katherina thinks of a lovely way she can show her friend things she has seen outdoors. With moody, muted illustrations and straightforward text, this is the story of a girl moving to a new home and starting over where she doesn't know anyone.

Birdsong - Sebastian Faulks: Sebastian Faulks

De Groot argues that this reinvestigation of a traumatic history mirrors a growing interest among both literary authors and historians in trauma as a thematic subject.

It taught me things about WWI I was not aware about, even though historical fiction and wars were receiving a lot of my attention lately.