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Anthony Doerr

    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.

    Anthony Doerr
    Memory Wall
    The Best American Short Stories 2019
    The Shell Collector
    Four Seasons in Rome
    Cloud Cuckoo Land
    All the light we cannot see
    • A NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A GUARDIAN BEST FICTION PICK OF 2021 ONE OF BARACK OBAMA's FAVOURITE BOOKS OF 2021

      Cloud Cuckoo Land2021
      4.3
    • 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.

      The Best American Short Stories 20192019
      3.7
    • Die Tiefe

      Stories

      Die sechs Stories dieses Bandes, angesiedelt auf drei verschiedenen Kontinenten, handeln von Erinnerung und Liebe. In jedem Augenblick, sagt Anthony Doerr, verschwinden überall auf der Welt unzählige Erinnerungen, dabei sind sie es, die unserem Leben Sinn und Zusammenhang verleihen. Gleichzeitig erforschen Kinder neues, unbekanntes Terrain, formen frische Erinnerungen, erfinden die Welt neu. In „Die Memel“ zieht ein verwaistes Mädchen zu ihrem Großvater nach Litauen und entdeckt eine Welt, in der Mythen real werden. In „Dorf 113“ geht es um den Bau des Drei-Schluchten-Damms und um die Samenhüterin, die auch die Geschichte des Dorfes bewahrt, das bald überflutet werden wird. In „Nachwelt“, einer erschütternden, unvergesslichen Geschichte, wird eine Frau, als einzige Überlebende aus einem jüdischen Waisenhaus in Hamburg dem Holocaust entronnen, von Visionen ihrer Kindheitsfreundinnen heimgesucht, findet aber Trost in der zärtlichen Fürsorge ihres Enkelsohns. „Die Tiefe“, angesiedelt im Detroit der dreißiger Jahre, erzählt die melancholische Liebesgeschichte von Tom und Ruby, die Tom wegen seiner Herzschwäche in Lebensgefahr bringt. Doerr erzählt von fast mystischen Momenten, in denen die Zeit aufgehoben scheint und die Toten anwesend sind. Die Welt wird transparent, wenn dieser große Erzähler sie und ihre Bewohner beschreibt.

      Die Tiefe2017
      4.1
    • 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.

      All the light we cannot see2014
      4.3
    • Set on four continents, stories about memory.

      Memory Wall2011
      3.6
    • 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

      Four Seasons in Rome2008
      4.1
    • 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.

      About Grace2004
      3.4
    • 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.

      The Shell Collector2002
      3.9