I did, however, struggle somewhat with the three different time-spans the book covered. The book is, without doubt, a beautifully written novel. Split into seven sections across three different time periods in concentrates on Stephen’s life both before and during the war, and also on the life of his granddaughter, Elizabeth as she attempts to trace her grandfather’s history. I had, however, been recommended Birdsong by two of my best friends, Sian and Lexy, and thus decided it was high time to give it a go, with the added reward of ticking another book off the BBC’s Big Read.īirdsong tells the story of a man called Stephen Wraysford and is set against the backdrop of WW1. I tend to shy away from war novels, finding them both depressing and complex in equal measures. I had long seen Birdsong by Sebastian Faulks lying around my parents house before I decided to read it.
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