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Louis de Bernières Birds Without Wings
Vintage Canada 2005 0676976956 / 9780676976953 Paperback Like New
"Paperback, Like New, clean, tight, remainder mark, signs of light handling() Birds Without Wings traces the fortunes of one small community in southwest Turkey (Anatolia) in the early part of the last century — a quirky community in which Christian and Muslim lives and traditions have co-existed peacefully over the centuries and where friendship, even love, has transcended religious differences. But with the disintegration of the Ottoman Empire and the onset of the Great War, the sweep of history has a cataclysmic effect on this peaceful place: The great love of Philothei, a Christian girl of legendary beauty, and Ibrahim, a Muslim shepherd who courts her from near infancy, culminates in tragedy and madness: Two inseparable childhood friends who grow up playing in the hills above the town suddenly find themselves on opposite sides of the bloody struggle: and Rustem Bey, a wealthy landlord, who has an enchanting mistress who is not what she seems. Far away from these small lives, a ID: mon0000058732_FBA"
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Louis de Bernières Birds Without Wings
Vintage Canada 2005 0676976956 / 9780676976953 Paperback Like New
"Like New Paperback, clean, tight unmarked. (Fine) Remainder mark,() Birds Without Wings traces the fortunes of one small community in southwest Turkey (Anatolia) in the early part of the last century — a quirky community in which Christian and Muslim lives and traditions have co-existed peacefully over the centuries and where friendship, even love, has transcended religious differences. But with the disintegration of the Ottoman Empire and the onset of the Great War, the sweep of history has a cataclysmic effect on this peaceful place: The great love of Philothei, a Christian girl of legendary beauty, and Ibrahim, a Muslim shepherd who courts her from near infancy, culminates in tragedy and madness: Two inseparable childhood friends who grow up playing in the hills above the town suddenly find themselves on opposite sides of the bloody struggle: and Rustem Bey, a wealthy landlord, who has an enchanting mistress who is not what she seems. Far away from these small lives, a man of d ID: mon0000061651"
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Louis De Bernieres Birds without Wings
Martin Secker & Warburg Ltd 2004 0436205491 / 9780436205491 Hardcover Like New
"Hardcover, Like New (Near Fine), with Very Good Dust Jacket, clean, tight, unmarked, Jacket has light edge wear and tiny tears.() The story of the inhabitants of a small coastal town in South West Anatolia in the dying days of the Ottoman empire: Iskander the Potter and fount of proverbial wisdom: Philothei, a Christian girl of legendary beauty who is courted almost from infancy by Ibrahim the Goatherd, their great love culminating in tragedy and madness: Karatavuk and Mehmet-ik, childhood friends who play in the hills above the town, Mehmet-ik teaching the illiterate Karatavuk how to write Turkish in Greek letters: the two holy men of different faiths, Father Kristoforos and Abdulhamid Hodja, who greet each other with the words 'infidel efendi': the landlord Rustem Bey, his wife's adultery and stoning, and his journey to Istanbul in search of a Circassian mistress. It tells also of Mustafa Kemal, the man of destiny, who by virtue of military genius and sheer bloody-mindedness def ID: mon0000065182"
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Louis de Bernières Birds Without Wings
Vintage Canada 2005 0676976956 / 9780676976953 Paperback Like New
"Paperback, Like New, clean, tight, (Near Fine), no spine or cover creases. Remainder mark, some light cover edge wear.() Birds Without Wings traces the fortunes of one small community in southwest Turkey (Anatolia) in the early part of the last century — a quirky community in which Christian and Muslim lives and traditions have co-existed peacefully over the centuries and where friendship, even love, has transcended religious differences. But with the disintegration of the Ottoman Empire and the onset of the Great War, the sweep of history has a cataclysmic effect on this peaceful place: The great love of Philothei, a Christian girl of legendary beauty, and Ibrahim, a Muslim shepherd who courts her from near infancy, culminates in tragedy and madness: Two inseparable childhood friends who grow up playing in the hills above the town suddenly find themselves on opposite sides of the bloody struggle: and Rustem Bey, a wealthy landlord, who has an enchanting mistress who is not what s ID: mon0000064138"
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Louis De Bernieres Senor Vivo and the Coca Lord
William Morrow & Co 1992 0688111300 / 9780688111304 Hardcover Very Good
"tight, some light cover edge handling, has a remainder mark clean, tight, unmarked,() A philosopher living in a society governed by the supernatural and warped by the drug trade is driven to colossal revenge when the drug lords he was exposing in the press harm his loved ones. 15,000 first printing. ID: mon0000104943"
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