Birds without wings

During the finals days of the Ottoman Empire, the young men of the village are instructed to battle the invading forces during the Great War and destroy the peace.

Main Author: De Bernières, Louis,
Format: Book
Language: English
Published: New York : Vintage International, 2005.
Physical Description: xi, 553 pages : map ; 21 cm.
Edition: First Vintage International edition.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • 1
  • Prologue of Iskander the Potter
  • 3
  • 2
  • Iskander the Potter Remembers the Birth of Philothei
  • 8
  • 3
  • Mustafa Kemal (1)
  • 16
  • 4
  • i am philothei (1)
  • 18
  • 5
  • Exiled in Cephalonia, Drosoula Remembers Philothei
  • 19
  • 6
  • Mustafa Kemal(2)
  • 25
  • 7
  • Dog
  • 28
  • 8
  • I Am Philothei (2)
  • 37
  • 9
  • Mustafa Kemal (3)
  • 38
  • 10
  • How Karatavuk and Mehmetcik Came to Be Called Karatavuk and Mehmetcik
  • 40
  • 11
  • Ibrahim Gives Philothei a Goldfinch
  • 46
  • 12
  • Proof of Innocence (1)
  • 48
  • 13
  • Proof of Innocence (2): A Bad Start
  • 57
  • 14
  • Proof of Innocence (3): Mariora Returns to the Light
  • 63
  • 15
  • Proof of Innocence (4): The Message to Mariora
  • 73
  • 16
  • Mustafa Kemal, Infantry Lieutenant 1474 (4)
  • 78
  • 17
  • Of Reading and Writing
  • 80
  • 18
  • I Am Philothei (3)
  • 84
  • 19
  • Telltale Shoes
  • 85
  • 20
  • Mustafa Kemal (5)
  • 98
  • 21
  • I Am Philothei (4)
  • 101
  • 22
  • Ayse Remembers Tamara
  • 102
  • 23
  • Tamara's Refuge
  • 107
  • 24
  • I Am Philothei (5)
  • 116
  • 25
  • Tales from the Journey to Smyrna
  • 117
  • 26
  • Mustafa Kemal (6)
  • 134
  • 27
  • Tyranny of Honour
  • 137
  • 28
  • Humiliation of Levon the Armenian
  • 143
  • 29
  • I Am Philothei (6)
  • 148
  • 30
  • Mustafa Kemal, His Own Policeman (7)
  • 150
  • 31
  • Circassian Mistress (1)
  • 152
  • 32
  • Circassian Mistress (2)
  • 156
  • 33
  • Circassian Mistress (3)
  • 162
  • 34
  • Rustem Bey and Leyla Hanim
  • 173
  • 35
  • I Am Philothei (7)
  • 182
  • 36
  • A Cure for Toothache
  • 183
  • 37
  • Mustafa Kemal (8)
  • 189
  • 38
  • Exiled in Cephalonia, Drosoula Remembers Leyla and Philothei
  • 192
  • 39
  • Seduction of Rustem Bey
  • 201
  • 40
  • Veiling of Philothei
  • 212
  • 41
  • An Embarrassing Question
  • 220
  • 42
  • Mustafa Kemal (9)
  • 222
  • 43
  • I Am Philothei (8)
  • 226
  • 44
  • In Which a Playful Conversation Takes a Bad Turn
  • 227
  • 45
  • Humiliation of Daskalos Leonidas
  • 230
  • 46
  • Mustafa Kemal (10)
  • 243
  • 47
  • I Am Philothei (9)
  • 246
  • 48
  • Of Righteousness and Wrongdoing
  • 248
  • 49
  • Mustafa Kemal (11)
  • 252
  • 50
  • Exchange
  • 256
  • 51
  • Sadness of Rustem Bey
  • 267
  • 52
  • A Small Act of Kindness
  • 270
  • 53
  • Removal
  • 273
  • 54
  • Olives
  • 283
  • 55
  • Mustafa Kemal (12)
  • 284
  • 56
  • Letter from Karatavuk
  • 286
  • 57
  • Karatavuk at Gallipoli: Karatavuk Remembers (1)
  • 297
  • 58
  • Karatavuk at Gallipoli: Karatavuk Remembers (2)
  • 304
  • 59
  • Karatavuk at Gallipoli: Karatavuk Remembers (3)
  • 309
  • 60
  • Mustafa Kemal (13)
  • 313
  • 61
  • I Am Philothei (10)
  • 316
  • 62
  • Letter to Karatavuk
  • 318
  • 63
  • Karatavuk at Gallipoli: Karatavuk Remembers (4)
  • 324
  • 64
  • Mustafa Kemal (14)
  • 335
  • 65
  • Karatavuk at Gallipoli: Karatavuk Remembers (5)
  • 337
  • 66
  • Karatavuk at Gallipoli: Fikret and the Goat (6)
  • 339
  • 67
  • Karatavuk at Gallipoli: The Death of Fikret (7)
  • 342
  • 68
  • Mustafa Kemal (15)
  • 354
  • 69
  • Karatavuk at Gallipoli: The End of the Campaign (8)
  • 356
  • 70
  • Tamara Receives a Visitor
  • 365
  • 71
  • Death of Abdulhamid Hodja
  • 377
  • 72
  • Mustafa Kemal (16)
  • 384
  • 73
  • I Am Philothei (11)
  • 389
  • 74
  • Lieutenant Granitola's Occupation (1)
  • 391
  • 75
  • Mustafa Kemal (17)
  • 399
  • 76
  • Lieutenant Granitola's Occupation (2)
  • 406
  • 77
  • I Am Philothei (12)
  • 416
  • 78
  • Mustafa Kemal (18)
  • 418
  • 79
  • I Am Philothei (13)
  • 424
  • 80
  • Mustafa Kemal (19)
  • 426
  • 81
  • Fritz and Moritz Accidentally Change History
  • 429
  • 82
  • Mustafa Kemal (20)
  • 438
  • 83
  • Lieutenant Granitola Takes His Leave
  • 442
  • 84
  • Mustafa Kemal (21)
  • 445
  • 85
  • I Am Georgio P. Theodorou
  • 449
  • 86
  • Mustafa Kemal (22)
  • 459
  • 87
  • I Am Philothei (14)
  • 463
  • 88
  • Exodus
  • 466
  • 89
  • I Am Philothei (15)
  • 480
  • 90
  • Leyla Hanim's Letter to Rustem Bey
  • 482
  • 91
  • Exiled in Cephalonia, Drosoula Remembers the Death of Philothei
  • 487
  • 92
  • I Am Ayse
  • 494
  • 93
  • I Am Ibrahim
  • 497
  • 94
  • Drosoula Remembers the Voyage into Exile
  • 502
  • 95
  • Wounding of Karatavuk
  • 507
  • 1
  • What the New Imam Did
  • 525
  • 2
  • I Am Karatavuk
  • 527
  • 3
  • Pamuk
  • 529
  • 4
  • Epilogue of Iskander the Potter
  • 532
  • 5
  • Mehmet the Tinsman and the New Copper Dish
  • 538
  • 6
  • Epilogue of Karatavuk the Letter-Writer
  • 545
  • Postscript: Fethiye in the Twenty-first Century
  • 552.