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Birds Without Wings by Louis de Bernières tells the story of Eskibahçe, a diverse, peaceful Anatolian village where Muslim and Christian lives intertwine until World War I and the collapse of the Ottoman Empire shatter their harmony, leading to tragedy, nationalism, and the eventual forced exchange of populations, all framed through the intertwined fates of its quirky inhabitants, especially the legendary love story of Christian girl Philothei and Muslim shepherd Ibrahim, and the larger historical events shaping modern Turkey under Mustafa Kemal Atatürk

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