
Anthony Doerr 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 won a number of prizes including the Pulitzer Prize and the Carnegie Medal. Become a fan on Facebook and stay up-to-date on his latest publications.
A blind French girl and a German boy whose paths collide in occupied France as both try to survive the devastation of World War II. Marie-Laure lives in Paris near the Museum of Natural History, where her father works as the master of the locks (there are thousands of locks in the museum). Open your eyes, and see what you can with them before they close forever. Marie-Laure has been blind since the age of six. Her father builds a perfect miniature of their Paris neighbourhood so she can memorize it by touch and navigate the real streets with her feet and cane. When she is twelve, the German Nazis occupy Paris and father and daughter flee to the walled citadel of Saint-Malo on the Brittany coast, where Marie-Laure’s agoraphobic reclusive great-uncle lives in a tall house by the sea. With them they carry what might be the museum’s most valuable and dangerous jewel. In a mining town in Germany, the orphan Werner Pfennig grows up with his younger sister, Jutta, both enchanted by a crude radio they find that brings them news and stories from places they have never seen or imagined. Werner becomes an master at building and fixing these crucial new radios, a talent that wins him a place at an elite and brutal military academy and, ultimately, makes him a highly specialized tracker of the Resistance. More and more aware of the human cost of his intelligence, Werner travels through the heart of Hitler Youth to the far-flung outskirts of Russia, and finally into Saint-Malo, where his path converges with Marie-Laure. The story Illuminates the ways, against all odds, that people try to be good to one another.At the same time, far away in a walled city by the sea, an old man discovers new worlds without ever setting foot outside his home. But all around him, impending danger closes in.Ten years in the writing, a National Book Award finalist, All the Light We Cannot See is a magnificent, deeply moving novel from a writer “whose sentences never fail to thrill” (Los Angeles Times).
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.
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. Doerr's characters are full of grief and longing, but also replete with grace. His compassion for human frailty is extraordinarily moving. In luminous prose, he writes about the power and beauty of nature and about the tiny miracles that transform our lives. About Grace is heartbreaking, radiant, and astonishingly accomplished. When Anthony Doerr's The Shell Collector was published in 2002, the Los Angeles Times called his stories "as close to faultless as any writer—young or vastly experienced—could wish for." He won the Rome Prize from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, the Discover Prize, Princeton's Hodder Fellowship, and two O. Henrys, and shared the Young Lions Award. Now he has written one of the most beautiful, wise, and compelling first novels of recent times.
The exquisitely crafted stories in Anthony Doerr's acclaimed debut collection take readers from the African coast to the pine forests of Montana to the damp moors of Lapland, charting a vast physical and emotional landscape. Doerr explores the human condition in all its varieties—metamorphosis, grief, fractured relationships, and slowly mending hearts—and conjures 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 the universe outside themselves.
by Anthony Doerr
Rating: 3.9 ⭐
From the award-winning author of The Shell Collector and About Grace comes an evocative memoir of the timeless beauty of Rome and the day-to-day wonderment of living, writing, and raising twin boys in a foreign city.
Set on four continents, Anthony Doerr's collection of stories is about memory: the source of meaning and coherence in our lives, the fragile thread that connects us to ourselves and to others.In the luminous and beautiful title story, a young boy in South Africa comes to possess an old woman's secret, a piece of the past with the power to redeem a life. In 'The River Nemunas', a teenaged orphan moves from Kansas to Lithuania to live with her grandfather, and discovers a world in which myth becomes real. 'Village 113' is about the building of the Three Gorges Dam and the seedkeeper who guards the history of a village soon to be submerged. And in 'Afterworld,' the radiant, cathartic final story, a woman who escaped the Holocaust is haunted by visions of her childhood friends in Germany, yet finds solace in the tender ministrations of her grandson.The stories in Memory Wall show us how we figure the world, and show Anthony Doerr to be one of the masters of the form.
#1 New York Times best-selling, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Anthony Doerr brings his“stunning sense of physical detail and gorgeous metaphors” ( San Francisco Chronicle) to selecting The Best American Short Stories 2019.“As soon as you complete a description of what a good story must be, a new example flutters through an open window, lands on your sleeve, and proves your description wrong,” writes Anthony Doerr about the task of selecting The Best American Short Stories 2019 . The year’s best stories are a diverse, addictive group exploring everything from America’s rich rural culture to its online teen culture to the fragile nature of the therapist-client relationship. This astonishing collection brings together the realistic and dystopic, humor and terror. For Doerr, “with every new artist, we simultaneously refine and expand our understanding of what the form can be.” The Best American Short Stories 2019 includes Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, Jamel Brinkley, Jeffrey Eugenides, Ursula K. Le Guin, Manuel Muñoz, Sigrid Nunez, Saïd Sayrafiezadeh, Jim Shepherd, Weike Wang, and others.
Short story, published in The Atlantic
Set in Detroit during the Depression, Doerr tells the affecting story of Tom, meant to die of a weak heart before he is 18, who is cossetted by his mother, but shown a world of possibilities by the flame-haired Ruby.Fast Fiction: A selection of masterful short stories from 4th Estate short story collections, and the best talent from The Sunday Times authors, available to purchase as single story ebooks.
From the prize-winning author of The Shell Collector and Memory Wall comes an intense, rollicking short story, not available in any of his books. Carlos Ninguna is seventeen. His father is a snake-handler and Carlos is his apprentice. When a man who may or may not be on the FBI's Most Wanted List moves into the apartment above them, Carlos is faced with a whole tangle of complicated decisions.Anthony Doerr is one of the country's most honored young story writers. His short stories have appeared in the Atlantic, McSweeney's, the Paris Review, and Zoetrope: All-Story, where "The Snake Handler" originally appeared. His most recent collection, Memory Wall, won the 2010 Story Prize.
The Anthony Doerr Collection: — All the Light We Cannot See — About Grace — The Shell Collector
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,
La mémoire, c'est ce qui fait défaut à ce grand-père d'un soldat américain en Corée. Une vie de couple, c'est ce qui échappe à ce père qui en lit les lettres que lui adresse son fils «Papa, maman: encore des rumeurs qui prétendent que le Nord a la bombe atomique. Tout le monde est un peu plus tendu. On laisse tomber des trucs, on s'engueule». Ici, les engueulades font partie du passé. Mais le fils ne le sait pas encore...Cette nouvelle est extraite du livre Le mur de mémoire.
(single story from the book "Memory Wall")Dit verhaal, De Nemunas, wordt u aangeboden door The House of Books ter gelegenheid van het verschijnen van de verhalenbundel Een muur vol herinneringen van de Pulitzer prijswinnaar Anthony Doerr. Wij hopen natuurlijk dat dit verhaal smaakt naar meer. Mocht dat het geval zijn dan boft u, want Anthony Doerr heeft naast deze verhalenbundel nog twee romans geschreven. De bestseller Als je het licht niet kunt zien en Bevroren dromen.
"หนังสือก็เหมือนกับผู้คนตรงที่ต้องตาย พวกมันตายในกองเพลิงในน้ำท่วม ในปากของหนอน หรือตามอำเภอใจของจอมเผด็จการถ้าพวกมันไม่ได้รับการปกป้อง พวกมันจะหายไปจากโลกนี้และเมื่อหนังสือหายไปจากโลกนี้ ความทรงจำก็จะต้องตายเป็นครั้งที่สอง"พบกับเรื่องราวของคนห้าคน ในสามช่วงเวลา สามสถานที่ที่ดูไม่น่าจะเกี่ยวข้องกัน แต่กลับถักทอร้อยเรียงกันได้อย่างน่าอัศจรรย์โดยมีหนังสือโบราณเล่มหนึ่งเป็นจุดเชื่อมโยง…คอนสแตนติโนเปิล ปี 1453 ‘แอนนา’ เด็กหญิงกำพร้าผู้มีหน้าที่เย็บผ้ากับ ‘โอเมียร์’ เด็กต้องคำสาปผู้รักสัตว์ได้ทุ่มเททุกอย่างเพื่อปกป้องสิ่งที่พวกเขารักจากคนละฟากฝั่งของกำแพงเมืองระหว่างการปิดล้อมกรุงคอนสแตนติโนเปิลห้องสมุดสาธารณะ รัฐไอดาโฮ ปี 2020 ‘ซีมอร์’ เด็กหนุ่มผู้ยากจนต้องการแก้แค้นโลกที่กำลังพังทลายรอบตัวเขาแต่เขาจะทำได้อย่างไร เมื่อ ‘ซีโน’ ชายแก่ผู้อ่อนโยนได้เข้ามามาขัดขวางเขาไว้ไม่ทราบสถานที่ ในอนาคต เมื่อชุมชนเล็กๆของ ‘คอนสแตนซ์’ ตกอยู่ในอันตราย เธอจึงกลายเป็นความหวังสุดท้ายของมนุษยชาติ เธอนำชิ้นส่วนของเรื่องราวทั้งหลายมาผูกโยงเข้าด้วยกัน จนนำไปสู่หนังสือเก่าๆเล่มหนึ่งจากอดีตอันแสนไกลวรรณกรรมชั้นยอดที่เปรียบเสมือนจดหมายรักถึงเหล่าคนรักหนังสือผลงานจากนักเขียนเจ้าของรางวัล Pulitzer Prizeที่จะพาให้อารมณ์ของคุณด่ำดิ่งไปกับเรื่องราวของตัวละครที่อาจดูห่างไกลกัน แต่กลับเชื่อมโยงผูกพันด้วยหนังสือ
"หนังสือก็เหมือนกับผู้คนตรงที่ต้องตาย พวกมันตายในกองเพลิงในน้ำท่วม ในปากของหนอน หรือตามอำเภอใจของจอมเผด็จการถ้าพวกมันไม่ได้รับการปกป้อง พวกมันจะหายไปจากโลกนี้และเมื่อหนังสือหายไปจากโลกนี้ ความทรงจำก็จะต้องตายเป็นครั้งที่สอง"พบกับเรื่องราวของคนห้าคน ในสามช่วงเวลา สามสถานที่ที่ดูไม่น่าจะเกี่ยวข้องกัน แต่กลับถักทอร้อยเรียงกันได้อย่างน่าอัศจรรย์โดยมีหนังสือโบราณเล่มหนึ่งเป็นจุดเชื่อมโยง…คอนสแตนติโนเปิล ปี 1453 :‘แอนนา’ เด็กหญิงกำพร้าผู้มีหน้าที่เย็บผ้ากับ ‘โอเมียร์’ เด็กต้องคำสาปผู้รักสัตว์ได้ทุ่มเททุกอย่างเพื่อปกป้องสิ่งที่พวกเขารักจากคนละฟากฝั่งของกำแพงเมืองระหว่างการปิดล้อมกรุงคอนสแตนติโนเปิลห้องสมุดสาธารณะ รัฐไอดาโฮ ปี 2020 :‘ซีมอร์’ เด็กหนุ่มผู้ยากจนต้องการแก้แค้นโลกที่กำลังพังทลายรอบตัวเขาแต่เขาจะทำได้อย่างไร เมื่อ ‘ซีโน’ ชายแก่ผู้อ่อนโยนได้เข้ามามาขัดขวางเขาไว้ไม่ทราบสถานที่ ในอนาคต :เมื่อชุมชนเล็ก ๆ ของ ‘คอนสแตนซ์’ ตกอยู่ในอันตราย เธอจึงกลายเป็นความหวังสุดท้ายของมนุษยชาติ เธอนำชิ้นส่วนของเรื่องราวทั้งหลายมาผูกโยงเข้าด้วยกัน จนนำไปสู่หนังสือเก่า ๆ เล่มหนึ่งจากอดีตอันแสนไกลวรรณกรรมชั้นยอดที่เปรียบเสมือนจดหมายรักถึงเหล่าคนรักหนังสือผลงานจากนักเขียนเจ้าของรางวัล Pulitzer Prize ที่จะพาให้อารมณ์ของคุณด่ำดิ่งไปกับเรื่องราวของตัวละครที่อาจดูห่างไกลกัน แต่กลับเชื่อมโยงผูกพันด้วยหนังสือ
2011 RECORDED BOOKS SHORTS (60 Minutes) AUDIO CD by Anthony Doerr
Festschrift honoring S.P. (Swadesh Prasad) Singhal, 1946-1986, Indian publisher.
GRANTA -LONDON- GRANTA PUBLICATIONS LIMITED- no. 128, (2014): 11-22
2015년 퓰리처상 수상작. 장님 소녀 마리로르와 고아 소년 베르너가 2차 세계 대전 전후로 겪는 10여 년간의 이야기를 담은 소설이다. 아름다운 문체와 감동적인 플롯, 철저한 조사를 바탕으로 한 실감 나는 묘사로 언론과 평단의 큰 주목을 받았으며, 수많은 미국 독자의 심금을 울렸다. 2014년 봄 출간 이후 2015년 여름 현재까지 1년 넘게 「뉴욕 타임스」와 아마존 베스트셀러 순위권을 지키며 「뉴욕 타임스」 '올해의 책' 10권에 선정되었다는 사실이 그 열광적인 반응을 뒷받침해 준다. 미국 내에서만 100만 부 넘게 판매되고 39개국에 판권이 팔리는 쾌거를 이루었으며, 2015년 6월 '앤드루 카네기 메달 상'을 수상하면서 다시 한 번 대중성과 문학성을 입증받았다.주인공 마리로르와 베르너는 아빠를 잃고, 시력을 잃고, 가난과 전쟁에 맞서는 등 마음에 상처를 간직한 순수한 영혼이다. 이들은 세계 대전이라는 참혹한 상황에 맞닥뜨린 후 정의가 무엇인지, 삶에서 지켜 나가야 할 것은 무엇인지 선택해야만 하는 시험대에 끊임없이 오른다. 마리로르는 세상에 흔치 않아 귀중하고 값어치가 높은, 나치가 찾아 헤매던 보석에 초연할 수 있는 단단한 소녀로 성장한다. 세상에서 가장 소중한 것이 무엇인지 알기에 할 수 있는 일이다. 고아 베르너는 나치의 군사 양성 학교에서 특별 대우를 받으면서 그 대가로 친구가 부조리한 이유로 폭행을 당해 사라져도 아무 대응도 하지 못하지만, 나중에는 마리로르에게 가까이 다가가는 길을 택한다.
2015년 퓰리처상 수상작. 장님 소녀 마리로르와 고아 소년 베르너가 2차 세계 대전 전후로 겪는 10여 년간의 이야기를 담은 소설이다. 아름다운 문체와 감동적인 플롯, 철저한 조사를 바탕으로 한 실감 나는 묘사로 언론과 평단의 큰 주목을 받았으며, 수많은 미국 독자의 심금을 울렸다. 2014년 봄 출간 이후 2015년 여름 현재까지 1년 넘게 「뉴욕 타임스」와 아마존 베스트셀러 순위권을 지키며 「뉴욕 타임스」 '올해의 책' 10권에 선정되었다는 사실이 그 열광적인 반응을 뒷받침해 준다. 미국 내에서만 100만 부 넘게 판매되고 39개국에 판권이 팔리는 쾌거를 이루었으며, 2015년 6월 '앤드루 카네기 메달 상'을 수상하면서 다시 한 번 대중성과 문학성을 입증받았다.주인공 마리로르와 베르너는 아빠를 잃고, 시력을 잃고, 가난과 전쟁에 맞서는 등 마음에 상처를 간직한 순수한 영혼이다. 이들은 세계 대전이라는 참혹한 상황에 맞닥뜨린 후 정의가 무엇인지, 삶에서 지켜 나가야 할 것은 무엇인지 선택해야만 하는 시험대에 끊임없이 오른다. 마리로르는 세상에 흔치 않아 귀중하고 값어치가 높은, 나치가 찾아 헤매던 보석에 초연할 수 있는 단단한 소녀로 성장한다. 세상에서 가장 소중한 것이 무엇인지 알기에 할 수 있는 일이다. 고아 베르너는 나치의 군사 양성 학교에서 특별 대우를 받으면서 그 대가로 친구가 부조리한 이유로 폭행을 당해 사라져도 아무 대응도 하지 못하지만, 나중에는 마리로르에게 가까이 다가가는 길을 택한다.
by Anthony Doerr
Rating: 5.0 ⭐
Novejshij roman Entoni Dorra, avtora knigi "Ves nevidimyj nam svet", udostoennoj Pulitserovskoj premii; kak i etot mezhdunarodnyj bestseller, "Ptichij gorod za oblakami" byl vkljuchen v short-list Natsionalnoj knizhnoj premii SSHA. Roman vystroen podobno matreshke (ili "Oblachnomu atlasu" Devida Mitchella): zdes khitroumno perekreschivajutsja zhizni i sudby Anny i Omira, prebyvajuschikh po raznye storony steny v osazhdennom turkami Konstantinopole 1453 goda, a takzhe pozhilogo entuziasta drevnegrecheskoj literatury Zeno i junogo ekoterrorista Sejmura v sovremennom Ajdakho, a takzhe Konstantsii, kotoraja letit k dalekoj ekzoplanete na korable "Argo" pod upravleniem vseznajuschej Sivilly. Podobno Mari-Lore i Verneru v romane "Ves nevidimyj nam svet", vse pjatero zdes - mechtateli i autsajdery, ne terjajuschie nadezhdy i posredi samogo besprosvetnogo, kazalos by, khaosa i "Ptichij gorod za oblakami" pokazyvaet, chto dlja nas esche ne vse poterjano - i chto vazhnym instrumentom spasenija javljaetsja imenno literatura" (Boston Globe) - naprimer, mificheskaja istorija drevnego greka Aitona, mechtajuschego obernutsja ptitsej i uletet v skazochnyj zaoblachnyj gorod... "Ptichij gorod za oblakami" okhvatyvaet neverojatnyj diapazon znanij i zhiznennogo opyta. Eto chelovechnaja i vdokhnovljajuschaja kniga dlja vzroslykh, napolnennaja nezabyvaemoj magiej chitatelskikh vpechatlenij detstva" (New York Times Book Review).
by Anthony Doerr
Please Note That The Following Individual Books As Per Original ISBN and Cover Image In this Listing shall be Dispatched Anthony Doerr Collection 3 Books Collection All The Light We Cannot For Marie-Laure, blind since the age of six, the world is full of mazes. The miniature of a Paris neighbourhood, made by her father to teach her the way home. The microscopic layers within the invaluable diamond that her father guards in the Museum of Natural History. The walled city by the sea, where father and daughter take refuge when the Nazis invade Paris. About David Winkler has lived on a remote Caribbean island for more than two decades, after running away from his former life, his wife Sandy and his daughter Grace. David fell in love with Sandy at a supermarket in Alaska ¬ as he dreamt he would. Moving from Alaska to Ohio to escape his fear of the future, they have a Grace. But a shadow of fear hangs over David. And when the floods come. Cloud Cuckoo ‘There is magic in this place … You just have to sit and breathe and wait and it will find you Fifteenth-century Constantinople. Present day Idaho. The future, and humanity’s last hope. Across time and space, five young dreamers are bound by a single ancient text. Together, they tell a story of a world in peril; of the power of words, of resilience, and of hope against all odds.
by Anthony Doerr
Immerse yourself in the beautifully written "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr, presented in a stunning first edition hardcover format. This special edition is beautifully signed by the author, making it a must-have for any avid collector or fan of contemporary literature. Delve into the pages of this modern and contemporary novel, which follows the lives of a blind French girl and a German boy during World War II. The book is written in English and intended for an adult audience, offering a powerful and poignant exploration of the human spirit during times of adversity. With its captivating storytelling and rich character development, this novel is a true masterpiece that will leave a lasting impression on readers.
by Anthony Doerr
Experience the brilliance of Pulitzer Prize-winning author Anthony Doerr with this captivating collection, featuring All the Light We Cannot See , a moving WWII tale of a blind French girl and a German soldier whose paths converge amidst war; Cloud Cuckoo Land , an ambitious, multi-layered story celebrating the power of storytelling across time; and About Grace , a lyrical exploration of fate, love, and redemption through the journey of a man haunted by prophetic dreams. Also included is Four Seasons in Rome , a heartfelt memoir reflecting on fatherhood, creativity, and life during a year spent in the Eternal City. This collection is a treasure trove for lovers of poetic and profound storytelling.This Anthony Doerr Bestselling 4 Books Set All the Light We Cannot See 9781668017340 Cloud Cuckoo Land 9781982168445 About Grace 9781476789019 Four Seasons in Rome 9781416573166