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Shell Collector : Stories by Anthony Doerr (2011, Trade Paperback)
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- ISBN
- 9781439190050
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Scribner
ISBN-10
1439190054
ISBN-13
9781439190050
eBay Product ID (ePID)
26069293796
Product Key Features
Book Title
Shell Collector : Stories
Number of Pages
240 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2011
Topic
Short Stories (Single Author), Literary
Genre
Fiction
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.6 in
Item Weight
7.1 Oz
Item Length
8.4 in
Item Width
5.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
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Reviews
"Anthony Doerr is a gifted and fearless new writer. He is absolutely unafraid to take on the biggest themes of the human condition, always writing about heroes and their various epic journeys. The Shell Collector is unforgettable--not so much a book of short stories as a book of short myths."--Elizabeth Gilbert, author of Eat, Pray, Love, Rick Bassauthor ofWhere the Sea Used to BeAnthony Doerr is a wonderful new writer. His stories reach deep and mine the forgotten places, as well as the never-before-discovered. These stories don't just observe beauty, they help create it., "Anthony Doerr is a gifted and fearless new writer. He is absolutely unafraid to take on the biggest themes of the human condition, always writing about heroes and their various epic journeys. The Shell Collector is unforgettable-not so much a book of short stories as a book of short myths."-Elizabeth Gilbert, author of Eat, Pray, Love, Elizabeth Gilbertauthor ofStern MenAnthony Doerr is a gifted and fearless new writer. He is absolutely unafraid to take on the biggest themes of the human condition, always writing about heroes and their various epic journeys.The Shell Collectoris unforgettable -- not so much a book of short stories as a book of short myths., "Anthony Doerr is a gifted and fearless new writer. He is absolutely unafraid to take on the biggest themes of the human condition, always writing about heroes and their various epic journeys. The Shell Collector is unforgettable-not so much a book of short stories as a book of short myths."-Elizabeth Gilbert, author ofEat, Pray, Love, Tom Franklinauthor ofPoachersAnthony Doerr'sThe Shell Collectoris, quite simply, amazing. Not since Rick Bass'sThe Watchhas a first collection roamed so far in both language and landscape, presenting the natural and humanmade worlds with equal beauty and awe. These daring stories just about define longing, but their people never give up., Elwood Reidauthor ofMidnight SunandWhat Salmon KnowBeware, each story in this wide-ranging collection conjures whole haunted worlds. With drop-dead precision Anthony Doerr's well-wrought stories demonstrate a command far beyond his years.The Shell Collectoris nothing less than a monstrously assured debut., Andrea Barrettauthor ofShip FeverandServants of the MapThese complex, resonant, beautifully realized stories sing. An entire world unfolds in each, memorable and rich; together, they form a remarkable first collection., "Doerr's prose dazzles, his sinewy sentences blending the naturalists' unswerving gaze with the poet's gift for metaphor."-The New York Times Book Review, “Anthony Doerr is a gifted and fearless new writer. He is absolutely unafraid to take on the biggest themes of the human condition, always writing about heroes and their various epic journeys. The Shell Collector is unforgettablenot so much a book of short stories as a book of short myths.�Elizabeth Gilbert, author of Eat, Pray, Love, “Doerr’s prose dazzles, his sinewy sentences blending the naturalists’ unswerving gaze with the poet’s gift for metaphor.� The New York Times Book Review, "Doerr's prose dazzles, his sinewy sentences blending the naturalists' unswerving gaze with the poet's gift for metaphor."-- The New York Times Book Review, "Doerr's prose dazzles, his sinewy sentences blending the naturalists' unswerving gaze with the poet's gift for metaphor."- The New York Times Book Review
Dewey Edition
21
Dewey Decimal
813/.6
Table Of Content
Contents The Shell Collector The Hunter's Wife So Many Chances For a Long Time This Was Griselda's Story July Fourth The Caretaker A Tangle by the Rapid River Mkondo
Synopsis
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., The "perilously beautiful" ( Boston Globe ) first story collection by the author of the acclaimed Pulitzer Prize-winning #1 New York Times bestseller All The Light We Cannot See . The exquisitely crafted stories in Anthony Doerr's debut collection take 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., The "perilously beautiful" ( Boston Globe ) first story collection by the author of the acclaimed Pulitzer Prize-winning #1 New York Times bestseller All The Light We Cannot See and Cloud Cuckoo Land. The exquisitely crafted stories in Anthony Doerr's debut collection take 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.
LC Classification Number
PS3604.O47S5 2011
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