Anthony Doerr
Author
Appears on list
Description
"From the highly acclaimed, multiple award-winning Anthony Doerr, a stunningly ambitious and beautiful novel about a blind French girl and a German boy whose paths collide in occupied France as both try to survive the devastation of World War II. Marie Laure lives with her father in Paris within walking distance of the Museum of Natural History where he works as the master of the locks (there are thousands of locks in the museum). When she is six,...
Author
Appears on list
Description
"The heroes of Cloud Cuckoo Land are children trying to figure out the world around them, and to survive. In the besieged city of Constantinople in 1453, in a public library in Lakeport, Idaho, today, and on a spaceship bound for a distant exoplanet decades from now, an ancient text provides solace and the most profound human connection to characters in peril. They all learn the story of Aethon, who longs to be turned into a bird so that he can fly...
Author
Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
2008
Physical Desc
210 p. ; 21 cm.
Description
Four Seasons in Rome describes Doerr's varied adventures in one of the most enchanting cities in the world. He reads Pliny, Dante, and Keats--the chroniclers of Rome who came before him--and visits the piazzas, temples, and ancient cisterns they describe. He attends the vigil of a dying Pope John Paul II and takes his twins to the Pantheon in December to wait for snow to fall through the oculus. He and his family are embraced by the butchers, grocers,...
Author
Series
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2019
Physical Desc
1 online resource(1 sound file (16hr.,7min.,59sec.))
Description
#1 New York TimesSan Francisco Chronicle Read by a full cast including:Kevin R. FreeGabra ZackmanScott ShepherdSullivan JonesChristine LakinBrittany PressleyZach VillaSaskia MaarleveldAli AhnRobin MilesRoxana OrtegaWilson BethelRobert PetkoffJefferson MaysDariush KashaniMegan TusingChristopher Ryan GrantTherese PlummerCriena HouseEmily Woo Zeller