A review by sofia_reading
Birds Without Wings by Louis de Bernières

5.0

I love the writing style and history this novel offered but I must admit that it's actual storyline did seem to drag at times midway, but it does pick itself up again and then you need your tissues at the ready. It's saving grace through out is the absolutely beautiful expression of the author and the insight into that era in history just before the collapse of the Ottoman Empire. I was so intrigued by the way in which the various religious and ethnic group lived not just side by side but in ways that were both fully absorbed in each other's ways while in other ways clearly delineated. Would definitely recommend to others.