Birds Without Wings (2004)
Birds Without Wings is a novel by Louis de Bernières, written in 2004. Narrated by various characters and set in the early 20th century in the fictional village of Eskibahçe in southwestern Anatolia, the novel portrays a small, mixed community whose inhabitants are primarily Christian Greeks and Muslim Turks. The villagers speak and sometimes write, combinations of Turkish and Greek, reflecting the region’s linguistic and cultural diversity. Against the backdrop of the decline of the Ottoman Empire, the First World War, and the Greco-Turkish War, the novel examines the effects of nationalism, war, and political change on individuals and communities that had previously lived together with relative harmony. The novel also chronicles the rise of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the 'Father of the Turkish Nation'.
- Published
- 2004
- Pages
- 640
