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Set against the backdrop of the collapsing Ottoman Empire, the Gallipoli campaign & the subsequent bitter struggle between Greeks & Turks, Birds Without Wings traces the fortunes of one small community in south-west Anatolia
- a town in which Christian & Muslim lives & traditions have co-existed peacefully for centuries. When war is declared & the outside world intrudes, the twin scourges of religion & nationalism lead to forced marches & massacres, & the peaceful fabric of life is destroyed. Birds Without Wings is a novel about the personal & political costs of war, & about love: between men & women; between friends; between those who are driven to be enemies; & between Philothei, a Christian girl of legendary beauty, & Ibrahim the Goatherd, who has courted her since infancy. Epic in sweep, intoxicating in its sensual detail, it is an enchanting masterpiece.

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Friends - A close associate or a popular US based sitcom about a group of friends

World - A physical grouping, commonly used to describe earth and everything associated with ti

Set - a group of items usually related to one another. Some objects cannot function without the complete set of items.

Love - Someone who shows deep affection for someone else.

Small - something that takes up less space than normal.

Personal - Something that belongs more to an individual due to it affecting them more by relating to them.

Twin - A pair of people or animals that are born at the same time.

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