Birds Without Wings

de Bernieres, Louis

ISBN 10: 0436205491 / ISBN 13: 9780436205491

Verlag: Secker & Warburg, London, 2004

Beschreibung

First printing. Maroon cloth with gilt titling to spine. 625 ppgs. Unclipped, with no previous owner markings. In mylar. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 300270

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Birds Without Wings

Verlag: Secker & Warburg, London

Erscheinungsdatum: 2004

Einband: Hardcover

Zustand: As New

Zustand des Schutzumschlags: As New

Auflage: Stated First Edition

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Inhaltsangabe:

Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dw, now mylar-sleeved. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. FLATSIGNED by the author.; 624 pages; Physical desc. : 624 p. : col. Map to lining papers ; 24 cm. Subjects: Modern fiction. Islam - Relations - Christianity - History - Fiction. Turkey - History - Mehmed V, 1909-1918 - Fiction. Turkey - Social conditions - 1288-1918 - Fiction.

Críticas:

"I loved its rich, relaxed humanism and was much moved by this expa nsive tale" (Boyd Tonkin, Independent)

"it draws a big dramatic canvas embellished with jihad and passion, religion and nationalism, and of course, lots of love" (Katherine Sale, Financial Times)