description: From the acclaimed 1978 novel by William Wharton, BIRDY tells the story of a man undone by the horrors of World War II and the friend who tries to guide him back to earth. This stage adaptation, originally produced on the West End in London, is by MacArthur genius award winner Naomi Wallace.
language: English
title: Birdy
titlecomplete: Birdy
characters: Birdy, Al
genres: Fiction, Classics, Contemporary, Mental Illness, American, War, Psychology, Literary Fiction, Literature, Novels
ratings_count: 7241
awards: awardedAt: 315561600000
name: Pulitzer Prize
category: Fiction, awardedAt: 315561600000
name: National Book Award
category: First Novel
publisher: Broadway Play Pub