
Birds Without Wings
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Narrated by:
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Christopher Kay
About this listen
Birds Without Wings tells of the inhabitants of a small coastal town in South West Anatolia in the dying days of the Ottoman empire: the local Potter and fount of proverbial wisdom; a Christian girl of legendary beauty; childhood friends who play in the hills above the town, and the two holy men of different faiths, who greet each other with the words 'infidel efendi'.
©2004 Louis de Bernières (P)2005 W. F. Howes LtdThe narration is brilliant. Unfortunately the accents are so well done they seriously grate. It helped a great deal to increase the speed to 1.15, just about the only time I have done that in a few hundred books I have listened to.
Not so entertaining but fascinating history
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Wonderful
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Equally there are very significant real events in play, demonstrating the very worst of human ignorance, stupidity and our ability to scapegoat through prejudice. There are lessons from history, not dissimilar to the Third Reich or more recent Balkans War and these are vividly portrayed, not through violent detail but by the individual and collective journeys of key characters.
One criticism I would level is that much like ‘The Dust That Falls From Dreams’ the story is possibly a little drawn out in the final few chapters. But this is a small price to pay for the immersive story provided in both instances.
Just a beautiful and hugely evocative story
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Excellent listen
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A haunting & daunting warning against nationalism
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I loved listening to it even more and will no doubt listen again. A beautiful story with expert narration.
Beautiful
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simply beautiful story.
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Enjoyable but slow
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However, the style of the book is often ponderous and De Bernieres tells it through often rambling chapters narrated by key characters. These narratives do end up being repetitive at times and meander greatly from the main plot line leaving you wondering if the Editor should have been a bit more ruthless when the book came to press.
The performance is faultless and very clear.
Overall, this is an interesting book but one for someone that has a fair bit of patience.
Interesting historical setting, too many anecdotes
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Best book I've read this year so far
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