Cloud Cuckoo Land.
by DOERR, Anthony
- Used
- as new
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- As New/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 1982168439
- ISBN 13
- 9781982168438
- Seller
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About This Item
New York: Scribner, 2021. Signed on the title page by Anthony Doerr. First edition / First printing. Black paper-covered spine, blue paper-covered boards. Very fine in a very fine dust jacket.. Cloud Cuckoo Land was a Finalist for the 2021 National Book Award. A New York Times Notable Book of the Year 2021. Doerr was the Winner of the 2015 Pulitzer Prize for All the Light We Cannot See.
Synopsis
“On the New York Times bestseller list for over 20 weeks * A New York Times Notable Book * A Barack Obama Favorite * A National Book Award Finalist * Named a Best Book of the Year by Fresh Air, Time, Entertainment Weekly, Associated Press, and many more “If you’re looking for a superb novel, look no further.” —The Washington Post From the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of All the Light We Cannot See, comes the instant New York Times bestseller that is a “wildly inventive, a humane and uplifting book for adults that’s infused with the magic of childhood reading experiences” (The New York Times Book Review). Among the most celebrated and beloved novels of recent times, Cloud Cuckoo Land is a triumph of imagination and compassion, a soaring story about children on the cusp of adulthood in worlds in peril, who find resilience, hope, and a book. In the 15th century, an orphan named Anna lives inside the formidable walls of Constantinople. She learns to read, and in this ancient city, famous for its libraries, she finds what might be the last copy of a centuries-old book, the story of Aethon, who longs to be turned into a bird so that he can fly to a utopian paradise in the sky. Outside the walls is Omeir, a village boy, conscripted with his beloved oxen into the army that will lay siege to the city. His path and Anna’s will cross. In the present day, in a library in Idaho, octogenarian Zeno rehearses children in a play adaptation of Aethon’s story, preserved against all odds through centuries. Tucked among the library shelves is a bomb, planted by a troubled, idealistic teenager, Seymour. This is another siege. And in a not-so-distant future, on the interstellar ship Argos, Konstance is alone in a vault, copying on scraps of sacking the story of Aethon, told to her by her father. Anna, Omeir, Seymour, Zeno, and Konstance are dreamers and outsiders whose lives are gloriously intertwined. Doerr’s dazzling imagination transports us to worlds so dramatic and immersive that we forget, for a time, our own.” - from publisher
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- Bookseller
- Orpheus Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 18214-1
- Title
- Cloud Cuckoo Land.
- Author
- DOERR, Anthony
- Format/Binding
- Black paper-covered spine, blue paper-covered boards.
- Book Condition
- New
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition / First printing.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 1982168439
- ISBN 13
- 9781982168438
- Publisher
- Scribner,
- Place of Publication
- New York:
- Date Published
- 2021.
- Pages
- 626 pages.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Alternative History Fiction; Fiction;
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