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Anthony Doerr - Cloud Cuckoo Land (2nd Hand Paperback)
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Synopsis
When everything is lost, it's our stories that survive . . .
How do we weather the end of things? Cloud Cuckoo Land brings together an unforgettable cast of dreamers and outsiders from past, present and future to offer a vision of survival against all odds.
Constantinople, 1453 : An orphaned seamstress and a cursed boy with a love for animals risk everything on opposite sides of a city wall to protect the people they love.
Idaho, 2020 : An impoverished, idealistic kid seeks revenge on a world that's crumbling around him. Can he go through with it when a gentle old man stands between him and his plans?
Unknown, Sometime in the Future : With her tiny community in peril, Konstance is the last hope for the human race. To find a way forward, she must look to the oldest stories of all for guidance.
Bound together by a single ancient text, these tales interweave to form a tapestry of solace and resilience and a celebration of storytelling itself. Like its predecessor All the Light We Cannot See, Anthony Doerr's new novel is a tale of hope and of profound human connection.
Details
- Format : Thick 2nd Hand Paperback
- Condition : Very Good (Almost As New)
- Category : Fiction - Modern Mainstream Fiction
- Published : 2021 (This Edition 2022 - 4th Estate)
- ISBN : 9780008478674
- SKU : B002943
- PPC : SP400gm
- RRP : £9.99
- Quantity Available : 1 only.
External Reviews
‘Wonderment and despair, love and destruction and hope - all find their place in its sumptuously plotted pages’ - Observer.
‘Ingenious, hopeful and totally absorbing’ - Financial Times.
‘This engagingly written, big-hearted book is a must-read’ - Daily Mirror.
'A luminous feat of imagination from the acclaimed author of All the Light We Cannot See, Cloud Cuckoo Land traces five unforgettable characters through three distinct time periods, all connected by a prized copy of a mysterious ancient text.' - Waterstones.
'Sets him comfortably alongside Tolkien, Rowling and David Mitchell, and he is a much more elegant writer than two of those . . . Cloud Cuckoo Land is an impressive achievement and a joy to read. Serious novels are rarely this fun.' - The Times.
'There is a kind of book a seasoned writer produces after a big success: large-hearted, wide in scope and joyous. Following his Pulitzer winner All the Light We Cannot See, Anthony Doerr's Cloud Cuckoo Land is a deep lungful of fresh air - and a gift of a novel' - Guardian.
'A humane and uplifting book for adults that's infused with the magic of childhood reading experiences. Cloud Cuckoo Land is ultimately a celebration of books, the power and possibilities of reading' - New York Times.
The Author
Anthony Doerr is an American author of novels and short stories. He gained widespread recognition for his 2014 novel All the Light We Cannot See, which won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. So far he is the author of six books, The Shell Collector, About Grace, Memory Wall, Four Seasons in Rome, All the Light We Cannot See, and Cloud Cuckoo Land. Doerr is a two-time National Book Award finalist, and his fiction has won five O. Henry Prizes and the Carnegie Medal.
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