{"product_id":"2940169465198","title":"Birds Without Wings","description":"\u003cb\u003eBirds Without Wings\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003etraces the fortunes of one small community in southwest Turkey  (Anatolia) in the early part of the last century-a quirky community in which Christian  and Muslim lives and traditions have co-existed peacefully over the centuries and  where friendship, even love, has transcended religious differences.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e But with the  disintegration of the Ottoman Empire and the onset of the Great War, the sweep of  history has a cataclysmic effect on this peaceful place: The great love of Philothei,  a Christian girl of legendary beauty, and Ibrahim, a Muslim shepherd who courts her  from near infancy, culminates in tragedy and madness; Two inseparable childhood friends  who grow up playing in the hills above the town suddenly find themselves on opposite  sides of the bloody struggle; and Rustem Bey, a wealthy landlord, who has an enchanting  mistress who is not what she seems.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Far away from these small lives, a man of destiny  who will come to be known as Mustafa Kemal Atatürk is emerging to create a country  from the ruins of an empire. Victory at Gallipoli fails to save the Ottomans from  ultimate defeat and, as a new conflict arises, Muslims and Christians struggle to  survive, let alone understand, their part in the great tragedy that will reshape  the whole region forever.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFrom the Hardcover edition.\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47101889347824,"sku":"2940169465198","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940169465198_p0.jpg?v=1763683300","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940169465198","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}