Anthony Doerr Libri
27 ottobre 1973
Anthony Doerr scrive con una squisita sensibilità per i dettagli e la bellezza del mondo, anche nei suoi momenti più bui. La sua prosa approfondisce intricate connessioni umane, esplorando esperienze profonde con un focus particolare sull'empatia e sui modi in cui ci connettiamo attraverso vaste distanze. I lettori sono attratti dalla sua capacità di creare immagini vivide e personaggi che risuonano a lungo dopo l'ultima pagina. Il suo lavoro è una testimonianza della resilienza dello spirito umano e della ricerca della luce in circostanze che altrimenti potrebbero portare alla disperazione.
All the light we cannot see : a novel
- 544pagine
- 20 ore di lettura
Marie-Laure has been blind since the age of six. Her father builds a perfect miniature of their Paris neighbourhood so she can memorize it by touch and navigate her way home. But when the Nazis invade, father and daughter flee with a dangerous secret. Werner is a German orphan, destined to labour in the same mine that claimed his father's life, until he discovers a knack for engineering. His talent wins him a place at a brutal military academy, but his way out of obscurity is built on suffering. At the same time, far away in a walled city by the sea, an old man discovers new worlds without ever setting foot outside his home. But all around him, impending danger closes in. Doerr's combination of soaring imagination and meticulous observation is electric.
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER AND NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST
Cloud Cuckoo Land (Large Print Edition)
- 1136pagine
- 40 ore di lettura
Follows four young dreamers and outcasts through time and space, from 1453 Constantinople to the future, as they discover resourcefulness and hope amidst peril.
Four Seasons in Rome
On Twins, Insomnia and the Biggest Funeral in the History of the World
The author describes the year he spent in Rome after winning the Rome Prize, including his adventures around the city, life in a foreign but welcoming country, and parenthood as it applies to his newborn twins
In this astonishingly assured, exquisitely crafted debut collection, Anthony Doerr takes readers from the African coast to the suburbs of Ohio, from sideshow pageantry to harsh wilderness survival, charting a vast and varied emotional landscape. Like the best storytellers, Doerr explores the human condition in all its manifestations: metamorphosis, grief, fractured relationships, and slowly mending hearts. Most dazzling is Doerr's gift for conjuring nature in both its beautiful abundance and crushing power. Some of his characters contend with tremendous hardship; some discover unique gifts; all are united by their ultimate deference to the mysteries of their respective landscapes.
The Best American Short Stories 2019
- 400pagine
- 14 ore di lettura
Presents a selection of the best works of short fiction of the past year from a variety of acclaimed sources.
Set on four continents, stories about memory.
David Winkler begins life in Anchorage, Alaska, a quiet boy drawn to the volatility of weather and obsessed with snow. Sometimes he sees things before they happen—a man carrying a hatbox will be hit by a bus; Winkler will fall in love with a woman in a supermarket. When David dreams that his infant daughter will drown in a flood as he tries to save her, he comes undone. He travels thousands of miles, fleeing family, home, and the future itself, to deny the dream. On a Caribbean island, destitute, alone, and unsure if his child has survived or his wife can forgive him, David is sheltered by a couple with a daughter of their own. Ultimately it is she who will pull him back into the world, to search for the people he left behind.
