Books
by Louis de Bernieres
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Birds without Wings |
The history of the birth of modern Turkey told through the lives of the inhabitants of one village throughout the 20th Century. Their destinies through wars, forced population transfers, famine and political upheaval make grim points about the terrible, arbitrary human cost of power-struggles but as always de Bernières' wonderfully vivid characters shine through the surrounding tragedy. Equally crammed with history and humanity. I was enthralled and bewitched.
(Annabel Bedini - bwl 28 February 2005) |
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Birds without Wings |
Purporting to be a novel but historically sound, this book is set in the early twentieth century in the dying world of the Ottoman Empire. Through the eyes of the inhabitants in a tiny Anatolian village, with great humour but with a rare understanding of the Turkish viewpoint, the author describes multi-ethnic communities living in peace and respect until the meddling of foreign powers destroyed them. More valid today than ever. Not to be missed.
(Kathie Somerwil Ayrton - bwl 37 December 2006) |
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Red Dog |
The fact that it is about a dog must absolutely not put non-dog-lovers off reading this extraordinary and beautifully produced little book. Based on true events in back-of-beyond North West Australia, it's utterly unlike anything else he has written; but I defy anyone not to be caught up and ultimately moved by it.
(Annabel Bedini - bwl 12 January 2002) |
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