6 rows · Birdsong is Faulks’s fourth novel and the second in his French trilogy, and has become a classic. 6 rows · · Overview. Based on Sebastian Faulks's international bestselling novel, Birdsong tells the Brand: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group. · Birdsong by Sebastian Faulks is a moving, passionate, shocking, thought provoking and heartbreaking novel. A novel that manages to create a passionate and erotic love story combined with the horrors of war. Set before and during the Great War, Birdsong tells the story of Stephen, starting in pre-war France and taking us right through the war and through a terrible period of history/5.
Sebastian Faulks Biography Birdsong Questions and Answers The Question and Answer section for Birdsong is a great resource to ask questions, find answers, and discuss the novel. Nicholas Hoult is to star in the big-screen adaptation of the Sebastian Faulks wartime novel Birdsong, the TV version of which, starring Eddie Redmayne, was a critical hit for the BBC last year. Birdsong Summary. Birdsong opens in as Englishman Stephen Wrasyford arrives in the French city of Amiens to study textile manufacturing on behalf of his British employer. Stephen is tasked with observing the daily operations of factory owner René Azaire, and he boards in René's home with René wife, Madame Azaire, and their two.
Birdsong is part of a loose trilogy of novels by Sebastian Faulks, alongside The Girl at the Lion d'Or and Charlotte Gray; the three are linked through location, history and several minor characters. Birdsong is one of Faulks's best received works, earning both critical and popular praise, including being listed as the 13th favourite book in Britain in a BBC survey called the Big Read. [4]. 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. 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. Birdsong was written over twenty years ago but Faulks’s message is as relevant today as it was then and as I’m sure it will be in another twenty years. This intense novel is about love, loss and courage, but most importantly it is about how limitless human compassion and strength can be.
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