The Resource Birdy, William Wharton
Birdy, William Wharton
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The item Birdy, William Wharton represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Randwick City Library.This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
Resource Information
The item Birdy, William Wharton represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Randwick City Library.
This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
- Summary
- An extraordinary story of war and friendship from one of America's most revered authors of the 20th Century. Two teenagers form an unlikely friendship in pre-War Philadelphia. Al is obsessed with lifting weights, looking good and chasing girls. Birdy is obsessed with flight. Birdy's passion becomes all-encompassing. Birdy wants to fly. A few years later these young men find themselves emotionally and physically scarred by Word War Two. Al is called to an army psychiatric hospital to help the doctors there treat his friend, who he finds squatting on the floor of his cell and acting like a bird. This haunting and brilliant novel has electrified readers the world over. It has truly become a modern classic
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- 1st Vintage Contemporaries ed.
- Extent
- 298 pages
- Note
-
- Originally published: London: Jonathan Cape, 1979
- Formerly CIP.
- Isbn
- 9780007457984
- Label
- Birdy
- Title
- Birdy
- Statement of responsibility
- William Wharton
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- An extraordinary story of war and friendship from one of America's most revered authors of the 20th Century. Two teenagers form an unlikely friendship in pre-War Philadelphia. Al is obsessed with lifting weights, looking good and chasing girls. Birdy is obsessed with flight. Birdy's passion becomes all-encompassing. Birdy wants to fly. A few years later these young men find themselves emotionally and physically scarred by Word War Two. Al is called to an army psychiatric hospital to help the doctors there treat his friend, who he finds squatting on the floor of his cell and acting like a bird. This haunting and brilliant novel has electrified readers the world over. It has truly become a modern classic
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Wharton, William
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Male friendship
- Teenage boys
- War
- Military hospitals
- Prisons
- United States
- Philadelphia (Pa.)
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- Birdy, William Wharton
- Note
-
- Originally published: London: Jonathan Cape, 1979
- Formerly CIP.
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 000050067023
- Dimensions
- 20 cm.
- Edition
- 1st Vintage Contemporaries ed.
- Extent
- 298 pages
- Isbn
- 9780007457984
- Lccn
- 91050020
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)800851598
- Label
- Birdy, William Wharton
- Note
-
- Originally published: London: Jonathan Cape, 1979
- Formerly CIP.
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 000050067023
- Dimensions
- 20 cm.
- Edition
- 1st Vintage Contemporaries ed.
- Extent
- 298 pages
- Isbn
- 9780007457984
- Lccn
- 91050020
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)800851598
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