Birdsong

About “Birdsong”

A 1993 novel by Sebastian Faulks set before and during the First World War, capturing the drama of that era on both a national and personal scale. It follows Stephen, a young Englishman who arrives in Amiens in 1910, whose life goes through a series of traumatic experiences, from a clandestine love affair that tears apart the family he lives with, to the unprecedented experiences of the war itself.