Birdsong
By: Sebastian Faulks
Edition: 1st Vintage International ed.
Publisher: Vintage Books
Published: 1997
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 483
ISBN-13: 9780679776819
Subjects: World War, 1914-1918; Fiction
Description: Rootless and heartbroken Stephen Wraysford joins the army at the outbreak of World War I. He and his men are given the assignment to tunnel under the German lines and set off bombs. The comaraderie, love, and loyalty of the soldiers contrasts with the horrors of the underground, air, and trench warfare.