Birdy
William Wharton
Birdy is an inventive, hypnotic novel about friendship and family, love and war, madness and beauty, and, above all, "birdness". Wharton crafts an unforgettable tale--one that suggests a notion of sanity in a world that is manifestly insane.
Buy this book at Amazon- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Year
- 1979
- ISBN-13
- 9780394425696
- Genre
- Fiction
- Topics
- FriendshipWar traumaMadness and identity
Awards
- Pulitzer Prize for FictionShortlistedMajor(1980)
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