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FROM: "Carol Kubala" <[removed]@columbiapl.libct.org>
REC'D: 5/31/01, 1:59 PM

I have a patron seeking the title of a book with bird in the title, written within the
last 1 1/2, and having something to do with World War I. She says it was a beautiful
story, lyrically written and one of the best books she read in recent times. The only book
I could come up with is Painted Bird by Jerry Kosinski. She says she does not think this
was it. Any other titles come to mind? Thank you in advance.

--
Carol Kubala
Adult Services Librarian
Saxton B. Little Free Library/Columbia, CT
860 228-0350 - voice
860 228-1569 - fax

FROM: Suzanne Booker <[removed]@monroe.lib.in.us>
REC'D: 5/31/01, 2:10 PM

This sounds like "Birdsong" by Sebastian Faulks.

On Thu, 31 May 2001, Carol Kubala wrote:

> I have a patron seeking the title of a book with bird in the title, written within the
> last 1 1/2, and having something to do with World War I. She says it was a beautiful
> story, lyrically written and one of the best books she read in recent times. The only book
> I could come up with is Painted Bird by Jerry Kosinski. She says she does not think this
> was it. Any other titles come to mind? Thank you in advance.
>
> --
> Carol Kubala
> Adult Services Librarian
> Saxton B. Little Free Library/Columbia, CT
> 860 228-0350 - voice
> 860 228-1569 - fax
>
>
>
> ......................................................................
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FROM: Tish Calhamer <[removed]@nslsilus.org>
REC'D: 5/31/01, 2:20 PM

Birdsong by Sebastian Faulks (1996) is a beautifully-written tragic love
story set during WWI.

On Thu, 31 May 2001, Carol Kubala wrote:

> I have a patron seeking the title of a book with bird in the title, written within the
> last 1 1/2, and having something to do with World War I. She says it was a beautiful
> story, lyrically written and one of the best books she read in recent times. The only book
> I could come up with is Painted Bird by Jerry Kosinski. She says she does not think this
> was it. Any other titles come to mind? Thank you in advance.
>
> --
> Carol Kubala
> Adult Services Librarian
> Saxton B. Little Free Library/Columbia, CT
> 860 228-0350 - voice
> 860 228-1569 - fax
>
>
>
> ......................................................................
> Need to subscribe, unsubscribe, search the archives?
> Everything Fiction_L: http://www.webrary.org/rs/flmenu.html
>

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Tish Calhamer
Gail Borden Public Library
200 N. Grove
Elgin, IL 60120
PH#: 847-742-2411
e-mail: [removed]@nslsilus.org

FROM: "Tom Dillie" <[removed]@wadsworth.lib.oh.us>
REC'D: 5/31/01, 2:41 PM

Carol,
This could be Birdsong by Sebastian Faulks. Here's the plot summary from Amazon:

Readers who are entranced by the sweeping Anglo sagas of Masterpiece Theatre will devour
Birdsong, Sebastian Faulks's historical drama. A bestseller in England, there's even a little
high-toned erotica thrown into the mix to convince the doubtful. The book's hero, a
20-year-old Englishman named Stephen Wraysford, finds his true love on a trip to Amiens in
1910. Unfortunately, she's already married, the wife of a wealthy textile baron. Wrayford
convinces her to leave a life of passionless comfort to be at his side, but things do not turn
out according to plan. Wraysford is haunted by this doomed affair and carries it with him into
the trenches of World War I. Birdsong derives most of its power from its descriptions of mud
and blood, and Wraysford's attempt to retain a scrap of humanity while surrounded by it. There
is a simultaneous description of his present-day granddaughter's quest to read his diaries,
which is designed to give some sense of perspective; this device is only somewhat successful.
Nevertheless, Birdsong is an unflinching war story that is bookended by romances and a
rewarding read.

However, this book was published in hardcover in 1996 and paperback in 1997, a little
earlier than what your patron thought.

Tom Dillie Adult Services Librarian
Wadsworth Public Library
132 Broad St.
Wadsworth OH 44281

Carol Kubala wrote:

> I have a patron seeking the title of a book with bird in the title, written within the
> last 1 1/2, and having something to do with World War I. She says it was a beautiful
> story, lyrically written and one of the best books she read in recent times. The only book
> I could come up with is Painted Bird by Jerry Kosinski. She says she does not think this
> was it. Any other titles come to mind? Thank you in advance.
>
> --
> Carol Kubala
> Adult Services Librarian
> Saxton B. Little Free Library/Columbia, CT
> 860 228-0350 - voice
> 860 228-1569 - fax
>
> ......................................................................
> Need to subscribe, unsubscribe, search the archives?
> Everything Fiction_L: http://www.webrary.org/rs/flmenu.html

FROM: [removed]@pcpls.lib.in.us (PCPLS SHRef)
REC'D: 5/31/01, 2:41 PM

Could this be "The Bird Artist" by Howard Norman? It is set sometime after the First World
War.

Barbara Borg-Jenkins
South Haven Public Library
Valparaiso, In 46385

Carol Kubala wrote:

> I have a patron seeking the title of a book with bird in the title, written within the
> last 1 1/2, and having something to do with World War I. She says it was a beautiful
> story, lyrically written and one of the best books she read in recent times. The only book
> I could come up with is Painted Bird by Jerry Kosinski. She says she does not think this
> was it. Any other titles come to mind? Thank you in advance.
>
> --
> Carol Kubala
> Adult Services Librarian
> Saxton B. Little Free Library/Columbia, CT
> 860 228-0350 - voice
> 860 228-1569 - fax
>
> ......................................................................
> Need to subscribe, unsubscribe, search the archives?
> Everything Fiction_L: http://www.webrary.org/rs/flmenu.html

FROM: [removed]@ocln.org
REC'D: 5/31/01, 2:52 PM

This could be Faulks, Birdsong. It is a world war I novel

Diane G. Kadanoff

The buying of more books than one can read is
nothing less than the soul reaching for infinity

FROM: Vicki Novak - LIBRARYX <[removed]@MAIL.MARICOPA.GOV>
REC'D: 5/31/01, 3:02 PM

Another possibility might be The Wind Up Bird Chronicle, by Haruki Murakami,
although the war is the second World War (not the first), and it is set in
Japan and China.


Vicki Novak
[removed]@mail.maricopa.gov

Adult Services
North Central Regional Library
Maricopa County Library District
17811 N. 32nd St.
Phoenix, AZ 85032-1201

http://mcld.maricopa.gov

-----Original Message-----
From: Carol Kubala [[removed]@columbiapl.libct.org]
Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2001 12:05 PM
To: Fiction_L
Subject: Need title


I have a patron seeking the title of a book with bird in the title, written
within the
last 1 1/2, and having something to do with World War I. She says it was a
beautiful
story, lyrically written and one of the best books she read in recent times.
The only book
I could come up with is Painted Bird by Jerry Kosinski. She says she does
not think this
was it. Any other titles come to mind? Thank you in advance.

--
Carol Kubala
Adult Services Librarian
Saxton B. Little Free Library/Columbia, CT
860 228-0350 - voice
860 228-1569 - fax

FROM: Sarah Nagle <[removed]@co.carver.mn.us>
REC'D: 5/31/01, 4:25 PM

BIRDSONG, by Sebastian Faulks, is set mostly during WWI.

FROM: "Carol Kubala" <[removed]@columbiapl.libct.org>
REC'D: 6/4/01, 9:15 AM

Thanks to all who responded to the question quoted below. The book was Birdsong and my patron
was thrilled that we got the answer so quickly. It just goes to show what happens when you
think you are looking for a title with bird in it. I probably would have searched for days
before I came up with BirdSONG! Thanks again.

Carol Kubala wrote:

> I have a patron seeking the title of a book with bird in the title, written within the
> last 1 1/2, and having something to do with World War I. She says it was a beautiful
> story, lyrically written and one of the best books she read in recent times. The only book
> I could come up with is Painted Bird by Jerry Kosinski. She says she does not think this
> was it. Any other titles come to mind? Thank you in advance.
>
> --
> Carol Kubala
> Adult Services Librarian
> Saxton B. Little Free Library/Columbia, CT
> 860 228-0350 - voice
> 860 228-1569 - fax
>
> ......................................................................
> Need to subscribe, unsubscribe, search the archives?
> Everything Fiction_L: http://www.webrary.org/rs/flmenu.html

--
Carol Kubala
Adult Services Librarian
Saxton B. Little Free Library/Columbia, CT
860 228-0350 - voice
860 228-1569 - fax

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