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Sebastian Faulks

Author of Birdsong

40+ Works 19,570 Members 599 Reviews 62 Favorited

About the Author

Sebastian Faulks is the author of Where My Heart Used to Beat, which made the New Zealand Best Seller List 2015. (Bowker Author Biography)
Image credit: Sebastian Faulks, September 5, 2008

Series

Works by Sebastian Faulks

Birdsong (1993) 6,073 copies
Charlotte Gray (1998) 2,416 copies
Engleby (2007) 1,523 copies
A Week in December (2010) 1,336 copies
Devil May Care (2008) 1,295 copies
Human Traces (2005) 1,271 copies
The Girl at the Lion d'Or (1989) 1,163 copies
On Green Dolphin Street (2001) 1,114 copies
A Possible Life (2012) 568 copies
Jeeves and the Wedding Bells (2013) 530 copies
Where My Heart Used to Beat (2015) 438 copies
A Fool's Alphabet (1992) 402 copies
Paris Echo (2018) 278 copies

Associated Works

Pride and Prejudice (1813) — Introduction, some editions — 80,089 copies
All Quiet on the Western Front (1928) — Introduction, some editions — 18,949 copies
Loving / Living / Party Going (1929) — Introduction, some editions — 837 copies
The Last Enemy (1942) — Introduction, some editions — 335 copies
The Dylan Companion: A Collection of Essential Writing About Bob Dylan (1990) — Contributor, some editions — 95 copies
Ox-Tales: Fire (2009) — Contributor — 80 copies
What's Your Story? Postcard Collection (2008) — Contributor — 60 copies
Charlotte Gray [2001 film] (2001) — Original novel — 47 copies
Birdsong [2012 TV mini series] (2012) — Original novel — 17 copies

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Group Read, February 2014: Birdsong in 1001 Books to read before you die (April 2014)

Reviews

This isn’t his best, but it is an interesting premise. It’s an interesting book in the sense that it combines elements of anthropology, family, saga, human development, human species, and a general character arc, which in playing out, can only be regarded as being monumentally, tragic. as always with him, there are links to psychiatry and delusional behaviour as well as psychosis. The last part of the book in particular, led to some considerable sense of distaste on my part. I do feel that he lost his trail a bit in this part of the story.… (more)
 
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aadyer | 1 other review | Feb 24, 2024 |
This was a terrific love story, of love unrequited, about war and bravery, about fear and honour, and it is has something of a happy ending.
 
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MylesKesten | 155 other reviews | Jan 23, 2024 |
5 engaging stories about connectedness, continuity, and what it means to be human.
 
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jemisonreads | 31 other reviews | Jan 22, 2024 |
A long work of historical fiction set in World War I Europe. Highly acclaimed, but a little to much soap opera content for my tastes. Solid images of trench warfare, and of the contrasts between the front lines and life in areas where no fighting was in progress.
 
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Works
40
Also by
11
Members
19,570
Popularity
#1,114
Rating
4.2
Reviews
599
ISBNs
470
Languages
16
Favorited
62

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