Thanks for your thoughts Marko and yes, Cage should have (almost) been shot for that movie.........ugh big time. I added Birds to my never ending TBR list. A book comes to mind that you might like....For the Sake of Elena by Eliz. George. Takes place in Greece when they were overtaken by the Germans (I forget) but it was a heroic book and I remember loving it.......many years ago. Just a thought! Linda/CT
--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], Marko Bomyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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. > > --------------------------------- > ALL-NEW Yahoo! Messenger - all new features - even more fun! > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> $9.95 domain names from Yahoo!. Register anything. http://us.click.yahoo.com/J8kdrA/y20IAA/yQLSAA/wnIolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Have you told a friend today? http://bookcrossing.com/tellafriend Archives and email list settings: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BookCrossing Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BookCrossing/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
