Linda Sheehan said:
DId you like Birds w/o wings Marko??? Was it here, folks were talking
about it?? I saw Capt. C's Mandolin and wasn't impressed but then,
they rarely do a book justice!!
I loved Birds without Wings, it was everything that we have come to expect from de
Bernieres and more. Funny, sad, horrific and riotous. Set in a community in Turkey,
half Muslim, half Christian it centres around a small town that has to deal with the
effects of the power hungry governments that surround and control them. Amusing
situations develop where women who marry into a family that is of different religion
calmly assume that they will have to change from being a christian to a muslim
christian or from muslim to christian muslim. Read it, you will love it.
Incedently, have started rereading Captain Corellis Mandolin again as Kephalonia plays
a part in Bird's without Wings and wanted to remind myself of the scharacters and the
story and spot the ties. Definitely getting more out of it now as Birds without Wings
is almost a prequel although none of the main characters exist in both books (some of
the government one's do even if only mentioned in passing whilst people discuss their
deaths). De Bernieres researches his books well and ties the true history of the
regions into his fictional books in a fantastic way. I have learnt so much about the
history of the eastern Mediteranean from reading him that it leaves me a little
shocked at my prior ignorance.
You say you watched Captain Correlli. Yuck. One of the worst book to film
interptreations that I have ever had the misfortune to sit through and Nicholas Cage
should have his tongue ripped out for the accent he attempted. Grrr..........
M.
Marko J. O. Bomyer
Everything you know is wrong.
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