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A novel of overwhelming emotional power, birdsong is a story of love, death, sex and survival. Stephen wraysford, a young englishman, arrives in amiens in northern france in 1910 to stay with the azaire family, and falls in love with unhappily married isabelle. I struggle to find words to describe the phenomenal impact that this book has had on me, but i think faulks sums it up fairly nicely. Cantecul pasarilor sebasian faulks coris bookfrenzy. Sep 27, 1993 sebastian faulks was born in 1953, and grew up in newbury, the son of a judge and a repertory actress. Cantecul pasarilor romanian edition sebastian faulks on. It is the week before christmas 2007, and the reader is introduced. The official website of the awardwinning and bestselling novelist.
Of all the characters sebastian faulks introduces in a week in december, his ambitious, entertaining and often scathingly angry new novel, two. In a week in december, faulks brings the story to his hometown though he lives in london, he has rarely written about the city before now and chooses a familiar vehicle for his novelthe exploration of the lives of a number of diverse characters at a specific moment in time. Mar 21, 2010 of all the characters sebastian faulks introduces in a week in december, his ambitious, entertaining and often scathingly angry new novel, two merit special attention. Sebastian faulks made his reputation with a series of haunting novels dealing primarily with war and its effects on individual lives. Im always hesitant in picking up a new release from any author i admire, as my expectations are always quite high. He is a writer and producer, known for charlotte gray 2001, masterpiece classic 1971 and birdsong. To mark the 2008 centenary of ian fleming s birth, the late authors estate commissioned faulks to write a new james bond novel. The novel plays with the idea that each of the five stories contain possible lives that can transcend time, place, and character. The value of historical knowledge as an alternative to living in the present is explored in this new book from the author of bestselling novel birdsong.