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Driftwood Public Library
Book Circle
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4:00 p.m.
December 20, 2005
Welcome to the Book Circle.
The Book Circle meets on the 3rd Tuesday of each month at 4:00 p.m. in the Fischer Room. The Book Circle is reader organized and readers choose the book list. All are invited to attend.
This month we are discussing Birds Without Wings by Louis de Bernieres.
More about the book:
1. Birds Without Wings begins in the early 1900s in an idyllic town in southwest Turkey in the declining years of the Ottoman Empire. The people are a mix of Greek and Turkish, Muslim and Christian, and they live harmoniously in a simple life unfettered by outside forces.... (From ReviewsofBooks.com)
2. Switch off the phone, make a pot of tea and settle down for a good long read. I couldn't put this book down - and when a book is this long, that's really saying something. Louis de Bernieres' follow-up to Captain Corelli's Mandolin is not just longer, it is broader and more ambitious in scope. Like the hugely successful Captain Corelli, though, this novel sets the personal, detailed lives of everyday people against the sweep of political events, looking at how the actions of militia and politicians affects the lives of innocent civilians. The Ottoman empire is the political focus of the narrative, which is told in short chapters both in the third person, describing, for example, the rise of the politician and soldier Mustafa Kemal, whose misplaced nationalism wreaks havoc on the population, and in first person chunks, including memories of survivors. The disjointed (but nonetheless easy to follow) narrative reflects the disintegration of a community. De Bernieres' ability to incorporate a fascinating and immense history lesson with sharp close-ups of personalities and situations never ceases to amaze me. (From The Agony Column Book Reviews and Commentary)
About Louis de Bernieres:
1. Contemporary Writers in the UK: Louis de Bernières
2. Writing by Louis de Bernieres from Granta magazine and Granta Books
3. The Morning News interview with Louis de Bernieres
posted Monday, 19 December 2005
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