Epic historical novel of a coastal Anatolian town in the dying Ottoman Empire, where personal lives collide with war, nationalism, and religious conflict.
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Epic historical novel of a coastal Anatolian town in the dying Ottoman Empire, where personal lives collide with war, nationalism, and religious conflict.
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Birds Without Wings tells of the inhabitants of a small coastal town in South West Anatolia in the dying days of the Ottoman empire: Iskander the Potter and fount of proverbial wisdom; Philothei, a Christian girl of legendary beauty who is courted almost from infancy by Ibrahim the Goatherd, their great love culminating in tragedy and madness; Karatavuk and Mehmet-ik, childhood friends who play in the hills above the town, Mehmet-ik teaching the illiterate Karatavuk how to write Turkish in Greek...
What's Inside
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Romance & sex
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Central romance between Philothei and Ibrahim ends in tragedy
Violence & gore
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Trench warfare at Gallipoli, massacres, and widespread wartime brutality
Profanity
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Substance use
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LGBTQ+ Rep.
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Religious content
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Clergy of multiple faiths, jihad declaration, and religious-nationalist conflict
Magic & witchcraft
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Occult / demonology
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Political content
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Rise of Turkish nationalism and Mustafa Kemal's reshaping of the region
Self-harm / suicide
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Abuse & suffering
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Stoning, forced marches, massacres, hunger, and destruction of civilian life
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