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Birds Without Wings traces the fortunes of one small community in southwest Turkey (Anatolia) in the early part of the last century a quirky community in which Christian and Muslim lives and traditions have co-existed peacefully over the centuries and where friendship, even love, has transcended religious differences.
But with the disintegration of the Ottoman Empire and the onset of the Great War, the sweep of history has a cataclysmic effect on this peaceful place: The great love of Philothei, a Christian girl of legendary beauty, and Ibrahim, a Muslim shepherd who courts her from near infancy, culminates in tragedy and madness; Two inseparable childhood friends who grow up playing in the hills above the town suddenly find themselves on opposite sides of the bloody struggle; and Rustem Bey, a wealthy landlord, who has an enchanting mistress who is not what she seems.
Far away from these small lives, a man of destiny who will come to be known as Mustafa Kemal Atatürk is emerging to create a country from the ruins of an empire. Victory at Gallipoli fails to save the Ottomans from ultimate defeat and, as a new conflict arises, Muslims and Christians struggle to survive, let alone understand, their part in the great tragedy that will reshape the whole region forever.
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But with the disintegration of the Ottoman Empire and the onset of the Great War, the sweep of history has a cataclysmic effect on this peaceful place: The great love of Philothei, a Christian girl of legendary beauty, and Ibrahim, a Muslim shepherd who courts her from near infancy, culminates in tragedy and madness; Two inseparable childhood friends who grow up playing in the hills above the town suddenly find themselves on opposite sides of the bloody struggle; and Rustem Bey, a wealthy landlord, who has an enchanting mistress who is not what she seems.
Far away from these small lives, a man of destiny who will come to be known as Mustafa Kemal Atatürk is emerging to create a country from the ruins of an empire. Victory at Gallipoli fails to save the Ottomans from ultimate defeat and, as a new conflict arises, Muslims and Christians struggle to survive, let alone understand, their part in the great tragedy that will reshape the whole region forever.
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"I loved its rich, relaxed humanism and was much moved by this expa nsive tale" (Boyd Tonkin, Independent)
"it draws a big dramatic canvas embellished with jihad and passion, religion and nationalism, and of course, lots of love" (Katherine Sale, Financial Times)
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"it draws a big dramatic canvas embellished with jihad and passion, religion and nationalism, and of course, lots of love" (Katherine Sale, Financial Times)
A glorious new novel from the author of Captain Corelli's Mandolin, set at a time when the modern world was just beginning to define itself.
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- PublisherMartin Secker & Warburg Ltd
- Publication date2004
- ISBN 10 0436205513
- ISBN 13 9780436205514
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages640
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