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Genre/Form: | Historical fiction Fictional Work Science fiction Fiction Novels Romans Romans, nouvelles, etc |
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Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Doerr, Anthony, Cloud cuckoo land New York : Scribner, 2021. (DLC) 2021002937 |
Material Type: | Fiction |
Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Anthony Doerr |
ISBN: | 9781982168438 1982168439 9781982168445 1982168447 |
OCLC Number: | 1233266494 |
Language Note: | In English. |
Description: | 626 pages ; 24 cm |
Responsibility: | Anthony Doerr. |
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Fascinating and enchanting
Zipping back and forth through time, Anthony Doerr links past, present and future in his recently published Cloud Cuckoo Land. Fantastically well-written and balanced, Doerr’s work contains multilayered symbolism and is packed...
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Zipping back and forth through time, Anthony Doerr links past, present and future in his recently published Cloud Cuckoo Land. Fantastically well-written and balanced, Doerr’s work contains multilayered symbolism and is packed with allusions to other works that pervade our culture. The unspooling story of Aethon and his quest to arrive in Cloud Cuckoo Land creates a connecting thread between disparate people. The author explores the endurance and resilience of stories throughout time, whether it be in written or verbal form. It espouses the idea that a classic story can fulfill the needs of each reader/listener due to its universality and flexibility. This particular fable survives the ravages of time, circumstance and neglect. Remnants of a damaged book are discovered by Anna who reads her interpretation of it to her sick sister during the siege of Constantinople in the 1450s. The tale then unites Anna and Omeir, formerly forced into opposing sides of the conflict, now mutually dedicated to preserving the tattered pages. The second plotline takes place in present-day Idaho, where the farcical story is adapted for a play. The children who become enrapt with Aethon’s adventure are rehearsing in the town library just when Seymour, a troubled teen, sparks a deadly protest. The third narrator is Konstance, a young pioneer being transported to another planet in the far future. She is on her own restoration mission to resurrect the tale she was told by her father. The reader will be enchanted by the characters and the book that is so influential in each of their lives. The characters are masterly crafted, sympathetic even when engaged in bad acts. Cloud Cuckoo Land is both a hero’s tale and a bildungsroman inviting its own preservation to be shared by readers— current and future.
Thanks to the author, Scribner and Edelweiss+ for an ARC in exchange for an unbiased review.
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