Sebastian Faulks's Birdsong: A Reader's Guide

Continuum Contemporaries

by Pat Wheeler

This is part of a new series of guides to contemporary novels. The aim of the series is to give readers accessible and informative introductions to some of the most popular, most acclaimed and most influential novels of recent years - from ‘The Remains of the Day' to ‘White Teeth'. A team of contemporary fiction scholars from both sides of the Atlantic has been assembled to provide a thorough and readable analysis of each of the novels in question.

This is an excellent guide to Sebastian Faulks's best-selling novel. It features a biography of the author, a full-length analysis of the novel, and a great deal more. If you're studying this novel, reading it for your book club, or if you simply want to know more about it, you'll find this guide informative and helpful.

94 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2002

About the author

Pat Wheeler taught Literature at the University of Hertfordshire (1994–2018), specializing in twentieth- and twenty-first-century British and North American literature. Her research focuses on working-class women's writing, feminist science fiction, and dystopian representations, with publications and a forthcoming book of interviews.

Reviews

[Victoria]

Outstanding study of the novel

[Camille]

Gruelling at times, but opened my eyes to World War and how it affected the soldiers..Inspiring, I loved how many different stories were told. Great book, everyone should read it, even though it is not always exciting because I learnt alot.

[Darren Cole]

I'd give it 6 if I could

[Lnicolaikent]

Definitely enthralling and opened my eyes to the human experience during the Great War.