About the book: 2014 / "And the birds sang..." is the most famous novel by Sebastian Faulks, which has become a classic of modern English literature. Since its release in 1993, it has remained a fixture on lists of Britain's favorite literary works of all time. It is included in literature and English courses at most universities. The book's circulation in the UK alone amounted to about two and a half million copies. This is the story of a young Englishman, Stephen Wraysford, who in 1910 comes to the small French city of Amiens, where he falls in love with Isabelle Azer. The young woman is unhappy in an unequal marriage and reciprocates Stephen's feelings. The inability to cope with their insane passion forces them to flee Amiens... The war begins, Stephen volunteers to go to the front, where, in a bloody mess on a universal scale, he desperately tries to preserve his sanity and the will to live. He writes down his feelings and thoughts in a diary, which he keeps despite wartime prohibitions. Decades later, this diary falls into the hands of his granddaughter Elizabeth. The circle closes - the past meets the present. This novel is a great writer’s tribute to the memory of the First World War. It is about love and death, about courage and suffering - about the destinies of people caught in the millstones of History.