by Colleen McCullough · Editions 84 · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9782277210214
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«Les oiseaux se cachent pour mourir» is the first part of Colleen McCullough's novel, published by Editions 84 in paperback (413 pages, in French).
The action takes place in Drogheda, a sheep station in the Australian Outback, and follows the Cleary family from 1915 to 1969. At the centre of the plot is Meggie Cleary and her relationship with Ralph de Bricassart, a Catholic priest; that impossible love shapes the lives of three generations of the family.
First volume of the French edition of the original novel «The Thorn Birds», by Colleen McCullough, originally published in 1977.
For readers of family sagas, historical romance and fiction set in Australia.
Colleen McCullough was an Australian author. Raised in Sydney, she trained as a neurophysiologist and spent her early career working at hospitals and universities in Australia and overseas. In 1974, while working as a research assistant at the Yale School of Medicine, she published her first novel Tim. Her second novel, The Thorn Birds, was published in 1977 and became an international bestseller. It sold more than 30 million copies worldwide and was adapted into a successful television miniseries.
