Birdsong: A Novel of Love and War

Sebastian Faulks

Mar 2012 · Sold by Vintage

4.2

8 reviews

Ebook

496

Pages

Eligible

About this ebook

#1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER • A mesmerising story of love and war spanning three generations and the unimaginable gulf between the First World War and the 1990s

In this "overpowering and beautiful novel" (The New Yorker), 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.

Ratings and reviews

4.2

8 reviews

Truck Tina

March 22, 2021

It took me a while to get into the story but by the 2nd part I was invested. It was well worth the wait. Excellent writing!

Chunky Munky

January 23, 2014

I first read this book years ago and still love it.

2 people found this review helpful

Claire Molina

August 11, 2022

Part 2 is when the thrill begins!

About the author

Sebastian Faulks is best known for his trilogy of novels set in France: The Girl at the Lion d’Or, Birdsong, and Charlotte Gray, the latter two of which were bestsellers. After a period in France, he and his family now live in London.

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