Memory Wall by Anthony Doerr
In the wise and beautiful second collection of literary short stories from the acclaimed, Pulitzer Prize-winning #1 New York Times bestselling author of All the Light We Cannot See, and Cloud Cuckoo Land, "Doerr writes about the big questions, the imponderables, the major metaphysical dreads, and he does it fearlessly" (The New York Times Book Review).Set on four continents, Anthony Doerr's new stories are about memory and memory loss, the source of meaning and coherence in our lives, the fragile thread that connects us to ourselves and to others. Every hour, says Doerr, all over the globe, an infinite number of memories disappear. Yet at the same time children, surveying territory that is entirely new to them, push back the darkness, form fresh memories, and remake the world.
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 teenage orphan moves from Kansas to Lithuania to live with her grandfather, and discovers a world in which myth becomes real. "Village 113," winner of an O'Henry Prize, is about the building of the Three Gorges Dam and the seed keeper 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.
Every story in Memory Wall is a reminder of the grandeur of life--of the mysterious beauty of seeds, of fossils, of sturgeon, of clouds, of radios, of leaves, of the breathtaking fortune of living in this universe. Doerr's language, his witness, his imagination, and his humanity are unparalleled in fiction today.
Anthony Doerr is the author of All the Light We Cannot See, a #1 New York Times bestseller that won the Pulitzer Prize, the Carnegie Medal, and the Alex Award. He's also the author of Memory Wall and The Shell Collector, as well as the novel About Grace and the memoir Four Seasons in Rome. He has five O's to his name. The Henry Awards, the Rome Prize, the Young Lions Award from the New York Public Library, the National Magazine Award for fiction, a Guggenheim Fellowship, and the Story Prize are among the awards he has received. Doerr was born and reared in Cleveland, Ohio, and now lives with his wife and two sons in Boise, Idaho.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781439182840 |
| ISBN 10 | 1439182841 |
| Title | Memory Wall |
| Author | Anthony Doerr |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Simon & Schuster |
| Year published | 2011-07-05 |
| Number of pages | 288 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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