Birdsong, Sebastian FaulksSet before and during the great war, Birdsong captures the drama of that era on both a national and a personal scale. It is the story of Stephen, a young Englishman, who arrives in Amiens in 1910. Over the course of the novel he suffers a series of traumatic experiences, from the clandestine love affair that tears apart the family with whom he lives, to the unprecedented experiences of the war itself.

and witnesses who cannot all be trusted

" --Karen M

one that shows him operating at full strength as a cinematic artist portraying some of the defining elements of modern life: romantic exhilaration and anxiety

It's David’s son

as real as our own

Max • Leigh Newman • Téa Obreht • Robert Pinsky • Katie Roiphe • George Saunders • David Shields • Charles Simic • Tracy K

Inspired by the excitement and simplicity of childhood

Through her fierce love for her son

returning to the Laguna Pueblo Reservation

The farming community of Kiewarra is facing life and death choices daily

Aware of his frustrations

and whether Jesus would approve of your second iPod