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Cloud Cuckoo Land

byAnthony Doerr, Laura Vidal Sanz

Who is this book for? Readers who enjoy intricate narratives that weave together multiple timelines and themes of hope and resilience.

Topics Children's resilienceSurvivalAncient textsHuman connectionWarLibrariesTime travelExoplanetsIdentityHopeFriendship
MoodHopeful, Reflective
RomanceMinor Subplot
Shortlisted for The British Book Awards 2022 Fiction Book of the Year Cloud Cuckoo Land follows three storylines: Anna and Omeir, on opposite sides of the formidable city wall during the 1453 siege of Constantinople; teenage idealist Seymour and gentle octogenarian Zeno, in an attack on a public library in present day Idaho; and Konstance, on an interstellar ship bound for a distant exoplanet, decades from now. A single copy of an ancient text – the story of Aethon, who longs to be turned into a bird so that he can fly to the paradise of Cloud Cuckoo Land – provides solace, mystery, and the most profound human connection to these five unforgettable characters. Like Marie-Laure and Werner in All the Light We Cannot See, Anna, Omeir, Zeno, Seymour, and Konstance are dreamers and misfits, on the cusp of adulthood, struggling to survive and finding resourcefulness and hope in the midst of peril.

Language

en

Published on

29/09/2022

Format

Paperback

ISBN

9780008478674

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