Cloud Cuckoo Land (Large Print Edition)
- 1136 pages
- 40 hours of reading
Follows four young dreamers and outcasts through time and space, from 1453 Constantinople to the future, as they discover resourcefulness and hope amidst peril.
Anthony Doerr Book order
October 27, 1973
Anthony Doerr writes with an exquisite sensitivity to detail and the beauty of the world, even amidst its darkest moments. His prose delves into intricate human connections, exploring profound experiences with a particular focus on empathy and the ways we connect across vast distances. Readers are drawn to his ability to craft vivid imagery and characters that resonate long after the final page. His work serves as a testament to the resilience of the human spirit and the search for light in circumstances that might otherwise lead to despair.
- 2021
- 2021
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER AND NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST
- 2019
The Best American Short Stories 2019
- 400 pages
- 14 hours of reading
Presents a selection of the best works of short fiction of the past year from a variety of acclaimed sources.
- 2014
All the light we cannot see
- 544 pages
- 20 hours of reading
The epic new novel from Sunday Times Short Story Prize-winner Anthony Doerr.
- 2011
Set on four continents, stories about memory.
- 2008
Four Seasons in Rome
On Twins, Insomnia and the Biggest Funeral in the History of the World
The author describes the year he spent in Rome after winning the Rome Prize, including his adventures around the city, life in a foreign but welcoming country, and parenthood as it applies to his newborn twins
- 2005
David Winkler begins life in Anchorage, Alaska, a quiet boy drawn to the volatility of weather and obsessed with snow. Sometimes he sees things before they happen—a man carrying a hatbox will be hit by a bus; Winkler will fall in love with a woman in a supermarket. When David dreams that his infant daughter will drown in a flood as he tries to save her, he comes undone. He travels thousands of miles, fleeing family, home, and the future itself, to deny the dream. On a Caribbean island, destitute, alone, and unsure if his child has survived or his wife can forgive him, David is sheltered by a couple with a daughter of their own. Ultimately it is she who will pull him back into the world, to search for the people he left behind.
- 2002
In this astonishingly assured, exquisitely crafted debut collection, Anthony Doerr takes readers from the African coast to the suburbs of Ohio, from sideshow pageantry to harsh wilderness survival, charting a vast and varied emotional landscape. Like the best storytellers, Doerr explores the human condition in all its manifestations: metamorphosis, grief, fractured relationships, and slowly mending hearts. Most dazzling is Doerr's gift for conjuring nature in both its beautiful abundance and crushing power. Some of his characters contend with tremendous hardship; some discover unique gifts; all are united by their ultimate deference to the mysteries of their respective landscapes.
