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...HAVE bigger brains than birds. Somewhere in there, tucked away under the folds of our brains, is a unique sense of purpose; we must exist for a reason, we think. William Wharton's soaring Birdy is about that sense of purpose. Birdy and Al--the novel's heroes--come to realize life is a game worth playing, not merely a block of time to pass away. They force their minds...

Author: By David Frankel, | Title: A Novel That Soars | 3/13/1979 | See Source »

...behooves the young critic to find fault with Birdy. How can a book about birds be "electrifying?" Yet Wharton has crafted an astonishing novel. Birdy's few faults are light as air. The critic can sing only praise...

Author: By David Frankel, | Title: A Novel That Soars | 3/13/1979 | See Source »

FICTION: A Perfect Vacuum, Stanislaw Lem ∙ Birdy, William Wharton Dubin's Lives, Bernard Malamud Nostalgia for the Present, Andrei Voznesensky ∙ The Coup, John Updike ∙ The Flounder, Gunter Grass ∙ The Stories of John Cheever, John Cheever...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Editors' Choice | 2/26/1979 | See Source »

FICTION: A Perfect Vacuum, Stanislaw Lem ∙ Birdy, William Wharton Dubin's Lives, Bernard Malamud Nostalgia for the Present, Andrei Voznesensky ∙ The Coup, John Updike ∙ The Flounder, Gunter Grass ∙ The Stories of John Cheever, John Cheever

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Polish Joke | 2/19/1979 | See Source »

FICTION: A Perfect Vacuum, Stanislaw Lem ∙ Birdy. William Wharton Nostalgia for the Present, Andrei Voznesensky ∙ The Coup, John Updike ∙ The Flounder, Gunter Grass ∙ The Stories of John Cheever. John Cheever ∙ The World According to Garp, John Irving...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Editors' Choice | 2/5/1979 | See Source »

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