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Anthony Doerr is an American author of novels and short stories. He gained widespread recognition for his 2014 novel All the Light We Cannot See, which won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. Early life and education Raised in Cleveland, Ohio, Doerr attended the nearby University School, graduating in 1991. He then majored in history at Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine, graduating in 1995. He earned an MFA from Bowling Green State University. Career Doerr's first book was a collection of short stories called The Shell Collector (2002). Many of the stories take place in countries within Africa and New Zealand, where he has worked and lived. His first novel, About Grace, was released in 2004. His memoir, Four Seasons in Rome, was published in 2007, and his second collection of short stories, Memory Wall, was published in 2010. Doerr's second novel, All the Light We Cannot See, is set in occupied France during World War II and was published in 2014. It received significant critical acclaim and was a finalist for the National Book Award for Fiction. The book was a New York Times bestseller, and was named by the newspaper as a notable book of 2014. It won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 2015. It was runner-up for the 2015 Dayton Literary Peace Prize for Fiction and won the 2015 Ohioana Library Association Book Award for Fiction.Doerr writes a column on science books for The Boston Globe and is a contributor to The Morning News, an online magazine. From 2007 to 2010, he was the Writer in Residence for the state of Idaho.Doerr's third novel, Cloud Cuckoo Land, follows three story lines, scattered throughout time: 13-year-old Anna and Omeir, an orphaned seamstress and a cursed boy, on opposite sides of formidable city walls during the 1453 siege of Constantinople; teenage idealist Seymour and octogenarian Zeno in an attack on a public library in present-day Idaho; and Konstance, decades from now, who turns to the oldest stories to guide her community in peril. Cloud Cuckoo Land was released September 28, 2021. It was shortlisted for the 2021 National Book Award for Fiction. Personal life Doerr is married, has twin sons, and lives in Boise, Idaho. Bibliography Novels About Grace (2004) ISBN 978-0-7432-6182-1 All the Light We Cannot See (2014) ISBN 1476746583 Cloud Cuckoo Land (2021) ISBN 978-1-982168-43-8Short fiction CollectionsThe Shell Collector (2002) ISBN 1439190054 Memory Wall (2010) ISBN 978-1-4391-8280-2Anthologies editedThe Best American Short Stories 2019 (Editor) ISBN 978-1-3284-6582-5Memoirs Four Seasons in Rome: On Twins, Insomnia, and the Biggest Funeral in the History of the World (2007) ISBN 978-1-4165-4001-4Essays and reporting Doerr, Anthony (2010). "Two nights". Fugue. 38 (Winter–Spring 2010): 45–54. — (2013). "Two nights". In Henderson, Bill (ed.). The Pushcart Prize XXXVII : best of the small presses 2013. Pushcart Press. pp. 208–216.Critical studies and reviews of Doerr's work Cloud cuckoo landWood, James (October 4, 2021). "Connect the dots : everything must converge in Anthony Doerr's 'Cloud cuckoo land'". The Critics. Books. The New Yorker. 97 (31): 69–72.——————— Notes Awards 2002: Barnes & Noble Discover Prize, for The Shell Collector 2002: O. Henry Prize for "The Hunter's Wife" (Short story) 2003: New York Public Library's Young Lions Fiction Award, winner, The Shell Collector 2003: O. Henry Prize for "The Shell Collector" (Short story) 2005: Rome Prize in Literature from the American Academy in Rome 2005, 2011: Ohioana Book Award for About Grace and Memory Wall, respectively 2008: O. Henry Prize for "Village 113" (Short story) 2010: Guggenheim Fellowship 2011: The Story Prize, winner, Memory Wall 2011: Sunday Times EFG Private Bank Short Story Award, winner, "The Deep" 2012: O. Henry Prize for "The Deep" (Short story) 2014: finalist for the National Book Award for Fiction 2015: Pulitzer Prize for All the Light We Cannot See 2021: O. Henry Prize for "The Master’s Castle" (Short story)References External links Official website Video: The Story Prize reading with Yiyun Li and Suzanne Rivecca. March 2, 2011.. Discover the Anthony Doerr popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Anthony Doerr books.
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About Grace
Anthony DoerrThe first novel by Anthony Doerr, the highly acclaimed, multiple awardwinning author of Cloud Cuckoo Land, and the Pulitzer Prizewinning #1 New York Times bestseller All the Light ...
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Summary of Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr
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Tales of Two Americas
John FreemanThirtysix major contemporary writers examine life in a deeply divided Americaincluding Anthony Doerr, Ann Patchett, Roxane Gay, Rebecca Solnit, Hector Tobar, Joyce Carol Oates, Edw...
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Selected Essays
Samuel JohnsonThis volume contains a generous selection from the essays Johnson published twice weekly as 'The Rambler' in the early 1750s. It was here that he first created the literary charact...
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The Book of Disquiet
Fernando Pessoa & Richard ZenithWith its astounding hardcover reviews Richard Zenith's new complete translation of THE BOOK OF DISQUIET has now taken on a similar iconic status to ULYSSES, THE TRIAL or IN SEARCH ...
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Fraulein M.
Caroline WoodsIn this multilayered historical novel that explores family secrets and hidden identities, “Woods skillfully captures the disorienting mixture of heady freedom and mounting fear cha...
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The Canterbury Tales
Geoffrey ChaucerAt the Tabard Inn in Southwark, a jovial group of pilgrims assembles, including an unscrupulous Pardoner, a nobleminded Knight, a ribald Miller, the lusty Wife of Bath, and Chaucer...
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Letters from Russia
Marquis de CustineThe Marquis de Custine's unique perspective on a vast, fascinating country in the grip of oppressive tyrannyIn 1839, encouraged by his friend Balzac, Custine set out to explore Rus...
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The Shell Collector
Anthony DoerrThe "perilously beautiful" (Boston Globe) first story collection by the author of the acclaimed Pulitzer Prizewinning #1 New York Times bestseller All The Light We Cannot See and C...
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Properties of Thirst
Marianne WigginsA National Bestseller A New Yorker Best Book of 2022Fifteen years after the publication of Evidence of Things Unseen, National Book Award and Pulitzer Prize finalist Marianne Wiggi...
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Zuleikha
Guzel Yakhina & Lisa C. HaydenWINNER OF THE BIG BOOK AWARD, THE LEO TOLSTOY YASNAYA POLYANA AWARD AND THE BEST PROSE WORK OF THE YEAR AWARDSHORTLISTED FOR THE 2020 READ RUSSIA PRIZERUNNERUP FOR THE EBRD LITERAT...
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The PEN O. Henry Prize Stories 2012
Laura FurmanThe PEN/O. Henry Prize Stories 2012 gathers twenty of the best short stories of the year, selected from thousands published in literary magazines. These remarkable stories exp...
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The Light Over London
Julia KellyReminiscent of Martha Hall Kelly’s Lilac Girls and Kristin Hannah’s The Nightingale, this entrancing story “is a poignant reminder that there is no limit to what women can do. A no...
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Fight of the Century
Michael Chabon & Ayelet WaldmanThe American Civil Liberties Union partners with awardwinning authors Michael Chabon and Ayelet Waldman in this “forceful, beautifully written” (Associated Press) collection that b...
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The Eustace Diamonds
Anthony Trollope & Stephen GillFollowing the death of her husband Sir Florian, beautiful Lizzie Eustace mysteriously comes into possession of a hugely expensive diamond necklace. She maintains it was a gift from...
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When Time Stopped
Ariana NeumannIn this astonishing story that “reads like a thriller and is so, so timely” (BuzzFeed) Ariana Neumann dives into the secrets of her father’s past: “Like Anne Frank’s diary, it offe...
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The House of the Spirits
Isabel Allende“Spectacular...an absorbing and distinguished work...The House of the Spirits...is a unique achievement, both personal witness and possible allegory of the past, present, and futur...
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Two Brothers
Ben EltonBestselling author Ben Elton's most personal novel to date, Two Brothers transports the reader to the time of history's darkest hour.Berlin 1920Two babies are born.Two brothers. Un...
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This Is Happiness
Niall WilliamsNAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE WASHINGTON POST and REAL SIMPLE A profound and enchanting new novel from Booker Prizelonglisted author Niall Williams about the loves of our l...
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Summary of All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
Peter CuomoA highquality summary of Anthony Doerr´s book All the Light We Cannot See, including chapter details and an analysis of the main themes of the original book.About the original book...
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Manhattan Beach
Jennifer EganNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A New York Times Notable BookWinner of the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in FictionThe daring and magnificent novel from the Pulitzer Prize–winnin...
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The Good at Heart
Ursula WernerBased on the author’s discoveries about her greatgrandfather, this stunning debut novel that “powerfully portrays the inner struggles of ordinary people moved to do extraordinary t...
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The Honey and the Sting
Elizabeth Fremantle'A lush, thrilling pageturner humming with its own exquisite dark beauty. I loved it!' Eve Chase, author of The Glass House'Fremantle builds the tension with delicious skill in thi...
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Abroad
Penelope LivelyA brilliantly funny original short story from Booker Prize winning author Penelope Lively.'Anyone artistic needed Abroad in the 1950s.'Paul and his girlfriend are artists in need o...
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The Bhagavad Gita
Juan MascaroThe Bhagavad Gita is an intensely spiritual work that forms the cornerstone of the Hindu faith, and is also one of the masterpieces of Sanskrit poetry. It describes how, at the beg...
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The Curse of Pietro Houdini
Derek B. MillerFrom the Dagger Award–winning author of Norwegian by Night comes a vivid, thrilling, and moving World War II artheistadventure tale where enemies become heroes, allies become villa...
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Tiempo de albaricoques
Beate Teresa HanikaUna delicada historia sobre el amor, la amistad y el recuerdo con el trasfondo de la Segunda Guerra MundialUn viejo árbol. Una tortuga llamada Hitler. Dos mujeres. Y una casa en Vi...
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The Final Case
David GutersonFrom the awardwinning, bestselling author of Snow Falling on Cedarsa moving fatherson story that is also a taut courtroom drama and a bold examination of privilege, power, and how ...
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The Verdun Affair
Nick DybekAcross a continent still reeling from World War I, a “ravishingly beautiful” (Paula McClain) story about a love affair between two Americans and the lie that changes everything.Fra...
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Bitter Herbs
Marga Minco‘The evening the men came I fled through the garden gate…’The Netherlands, World War IIWhen the Nazis invade the Netherlands in May 1940 it's clear that life is changing for the gi...
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The Light After the War
Anita AbrielInspired by an incredible true story of two Jewish friends who survived the Holocaust, this “heartfelt and memorable tale of family, love, resilience, and the triumph of human spir...
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The Trick
Emanuel BergmannSweeping between Prague during World War II and modernday Los Angeles, “The Trick is a lyrical, uplifting, and funny story that will tug at all of your heartstrings” (Armando Lucas...
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Up Up, Down Down
Cheston KnappIn the tradition of John Jeremiah Sullivan and David Foster Wallace, Cheston Knapp’s Up Up, Down Down “is an always smart, often hilarious, and ultimately transcendent essay collec...
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A Light Beyond the Trenches
Alan HladFrom the USA Today bestselling author of Churchill’s Secret Messenger comes a WWI novel based on littleknown history, as four very different lives intertwine across Europe from Ger...
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Memory Wall
Anthony DoerrIn the wise and beautiful second collection from the acclaimed, Pulitzer Prizewinning #1 New York Times bestselling author of All the Light We Cannot See, and Cloud Cuckoo Land, "D...
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Never the Wind
Francesco DimitriA bittersweet gothic fantasy of family, friendship, memory, and the uncanny told from the perspective of a blind teenager in Puglia, Southern Italy, set in the same world as The Bo...
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La red de Alice
Kate QuinnLA NOVELA HISTÓRICA DEL AÑOEn 1915 una red de valerosas espías dejó un legado de gloria y sacrificio. Pero también de traición. Treinta años después, ha llegado la hora de la verda...
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The Penguin Book of Modern African Poetry
Gerald Moore'Poetry, always foremost of the arts in traditional Africa, has continued to compete for primacy against the newer forms of prose fiction and theatre drama.' This wonderfully compr...
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The Map of Salt and Stars
Zeyn JoukhadarThis powerful and lyrical debut novel is to Syria what The Kite Runner was to Afghanistan; the story of two girls living eight hundred years aparta modernday Syrian refugee seeking...
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House on Endless Waters
Emuna Elon“Elon powerfully evokes the obscurity of the past and its hold on the present as we stumble through revelation after revelation with Yoel. As we accompany him on his journey…we sha...
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The Girl from Venice
Martin Cruz SmithFrom Martin Cruz Smith, “a master of the international thriller” (The New York Times), a suspenseful World War II love story set against the beauty, mystery, and danger of occupied...
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A Brief History of the Future
Stephen ClarkeWhat if teleportation was really possible? Englishman Richie Fisher is about to find out ... Richie and his wife Clara have won a weekend in New York in a newspaper competition. Wh...
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Before and After the Book Deal
Courtney MaumEverything you’ve ever wanted to know about publishingbut were too afraid to askis in this funny, candid guide featuring advice from 150 contributors, including Anthony Doerr, Roxa...
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The Wild Laughter
Caoilinn HughesAn exhilarating dark comedy about two brothers confronting their father's fate in contemporary Ireland, from a critically acclaimed Irish author'Brilliant. A hilarious, poetical bl...