Cloud Cuckoo Land
4.4
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Anthony Doerr
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER AND NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST 'A dazzling epic of love, war and the joy of books' Guardian 'Ingenious, hopefuly and totally absorbing' Financial Times 'Buoyant with humanity' Daily Mail 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. 'Wonderment and despair, love and destruction and hope - all find their place in its sumptuously plotted pages' Observer 'This engagingly written, big-hearted book is a must-read' Daily Mirror 'Serious novels are rarely this fun' The Times
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Author
Anthony Doerr
Pages
626
Publisher
4th Estate
Published Date
2021
ISBN
0008478651 9780008478650
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"Hard to read what I expect to be my favorite book of the year in January! An enchanting story, woven around a lost/recovered Greek tale, its set in the 1500s in Constantinople, in the 2000s in Idaho, and in space in the future. Highly recommend!"
Jackie Davidson
"I had mixed feelings! It was really compelling and I enjoyed reading it, but the ending fell pretty flat for me. I’m looking forward to talking to more people who’ve read it! I hope your library bought lots of copies. "
Emily Calkins
"Wow! What a book…about books. Six separate stories, both future and past weave together in the end. Very imaginative and beautifully written. I thoroughly enjoyed it!"
Merry
"Imaginatively interwoven story "
Diane Morello
"A rich set of stories circling Greek fables and codexes. The characters and the time lines intrigued me, but in the end, the rationale for using a foundation of Greek stories escaped me. Doerr captures the importance of books, libraries and librarians, and I had sympathy for nearly all the main characters, including Anna, a poor girl in ancient times who discovers a Greek codex; Omeir, who discovers and helps Anna; and Konstance, an adolescent living her life apparently on a space ship. Two months after reading this book, the book seems distinctly unmemorable."
Diane Morello
"Fascinating tale tangled together with many compelling stories"
Kate Hanson
"This book was absolutely amazing!!!!! The way the different stories and plot lines interlock into one of another is absolutely genius!! And the neurodivergent rep is some of the best I’ve read. It’s a long book, it’s sad, it’s beautiful, it’s human. That’s the best way to describe the book, utterly human. "
Dylan Thomas (she/her)
"Thanks @lauragarcia1 "
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Chasethum
"Doerr did such a good job writing the parallel storylines, and I loved all of the characters and their unique stories!"
bookfrog
"I wasn’t sure I liked the multiple plot lines but then I became so lost in each story I couldn’t put the book down because I needed to find out everything with each character. The ending…wow! "
MaryBeth
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