Birdsong

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A tale of love and war early this century. The protagonists are Stephen Wraysford, a British businessman, and Isabelle Azaire, a married Frenchwoman. They meet in 1910, she elopes with him, gives birth to his child, then remorse sends her back to her husband. But World War I will bring them together when he returns to France as an officer in the British army.

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The Unspeakable Realities of Lives Made Noble submitted by sVfGI7Glt2pz7GZgVB90 on August 20, 2020, 11:59am Part love story, part mystery, part aching historical journey, Birdsong explores France's territory before, during, and after World War I, and the effect of the apocalypse on the human psyche. It assimilates you utterly until the conclusion hurls you to a drunken, exceptional stop.