The Shell Collector by Anthony Doerr
The "perilously beautiful" (The Boston Globe) first story collection by Pulitzer Prize-winning and #1 New York Times bestselling author Anthony Doerr, acclaimed writer of All the Light We Cannot See and Cloud Cuckoo Land.The exquisitely crafted stories in Anthony Doerr's debut collection, The Shell Collector, takes 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--conjuring nature in both its beautiful abundance and crushing power. Some of the characters in these stories contend with hardships; some discover unique gifts; all are united by their ultimate deference to the ravishing universe outside themselves.
A stunning and unforgettable debut, The Shell Collector established Doerr as a master of literary short fiction, making it a must-read for fans of Best American Short Stories, environmentally rich fiction, and character-driven storytelling.
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 | 9781439190050 |
| ISBN 10 | 1439190054 |
| Title | The Shell Collector |
| Author | Anthony Doerr |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Scribner Book Company |
| Year published | 2011-01-04 |
| Number of pages | 240 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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