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Fiction & Poetry, Modern & Contemporary Fiction

Birdsong

Sebastian Faulks (author)

Paperback Published on: 15/06/2023

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All time favourite

An epic and beautiful book spanning the first world war, this is widely regarded as Faulks' best and it's not hard to see why. Riveting and heartfelt, if y... READ MORE

Georgie Oatley

Powerful and moving depiction of trench warfare

I picked up Birdsong because of its reputation as one of the most powerful depictions of trench warfare in World War One. I expected it to be harsh and som... READ MORE

Isabel at Islington

Birdsong

An intense but beautifully written book in which the reader finds new things to love with every re-reading. Emotive, brutal, erotic and written with such a... READ MORE

Ben Keenan at Bury St Edmunds Buttermarket

Synopsis

In the heat of the French summer of 1910, young Englishman Stephen Wraysford arrives in Amiens to stay with the Azaire family. But soon a secret passion emerges that threatens to destroy the household. Six years later, Stephen finds himself on the Western Front with civilization itself in the balance.

And in a maze of tunnels under the trenches he will fight for everything he has known and loved. An epic of love, death and redemption, Birdsong has moved millions of readers all over the world to become a contemporary classic.

Publisher information

Publisher: Cornerstone
ISBN: 9781804944172
Number of pages: 512
Dimensions: 197 x 129 x 31 mm
Weight: 254g
Languages: English

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Excellent

I thoroughly enjoyed this book, despite the ending which although its debatable i thought it was cheesy. It gets your emotions going and the erotic scenes ... READ MORE

Suraj

Birdsong

I was made to study this for my GCSEs and I HATED IT! I'm certainly not adverse to war novels in general & although I'm not a fan of romance in novels by a... READ MORE

AMDunn21

Deeply moving

A very engaging read, it troubles you and stimulates. The intensity of the love and of the horrors came through, There were many characters that you felt s... READ MORE

Stuart Read

A Duty Read Only

For me and some others in the Reading Group an irritating annoying read that had no redeeming features. On plot, style and storyline linking-jumping, sense... READ MORE

Maurice

What a truly amazing book

Having always shyed away from reading anything containing descriptions of wars and the terrible damage they inflict, I was very sceptical when a friend gav... READ MORE

Reader

A must read

I simply couldn't put this book down. Some parts were so moving and real that I had butterflies in my stomach.

TraceyK

All Quiet on the Western Font

An emotive story concerned with human endurance. I found this book to be quite engaging, particularly because of the well fleshed out characters the author... READ MORE

CHRIS H 82

Birdsong

A truely beautiful book depicting the real hardships of war. Faulkes captures the passion of an affair to begin with and then moves to the trauma and suff... READ MORE

Emily Jefferson

Birdsong

Terrible. In one word, simply terrible.The characters were cardboard cut-outs; the story jumps around so much, it is impossible to emphasise with a charact... READ MORE

S McCafferty

Birdsong

I read this book for my A-level English literature and fell in love! It's gripping, emotional and utterly astounding! It's the only book I've ever bought a... READ MORE

BrittRose

Brilliant

Quite simply one of the best books I have ever read

Ledge

vair nice

i was recommended by loads of people to read this book, and when i finally got round to it, i realised what everyone was on about! its absolutely fantastic... READ MORE

Hansell

Birdsong

A pleasure from start to finish. Beautifully written and compelling. An ambitious book, but easily digested. Great characterisations and wonderfully discri... READ MORE

chief130500

Birdsong

I read this book as part of my A Level English Literature course and fell in love with it after the first page. This book is thoroughly fantastic. It's a... READ MORE

Laura Geering

Graphic war book with a beautiful love story to it

I have never liked war books but this is so much more and it really describes what it was like for those living during the war, the dangers, taboos,fears, ... READ MORE

comsatangel

Excellent

Read this book because I wanted to understand more about WWI. The battlefield descritions were haunting and gave a real sense of the sacrfices required of ... READ MORE

redsox367

Read it and wonder why

Love, Passion, Intrigue, Tragedy and Heroism, set against a background which makes us appreciate the pure futility of trench warfare. This novel has got it... READ MORE

Dapo

Birdsong

The way that the characters and the atmosphere are built by Sebastian Faulks is just amazing! The reader is taken in to that atmosphere, and shares the fee... READ MORE

Lance Mitchell

Birdsong

out of most books i have read this is the one which ranks highest.like many other people once i finished i re-read it again. each time feeling something di... READ MORE

sinead best

Powerfully emotive.

This was my first foray into the work of Faulks and I was at first not overly impressed. However, after the first 200 pages I found that I was compelled to... READ MORE

Nocturnal bibliophile

Birdsong

A very moving story set in the First World War. Excellent detail given within the story about wartime conditions at the battlefront, in the trenches. I c... READ MORE

Lesley Gilchrist

A solidly good read

I enjoyed this novel, thinking the descriptions of war to be especially well rendered.

Ian C

Birdsong

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