Doerr, Anthony
Cloud Cuckoo Land
- ISBN 13:
- 9780008478674
- author:
- Doerr, Anthony
- format:
- Paperback / softback
- publisher:
- Fourth Estate Ltd
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2022
- Pages:
- 592
- Dimensions:
- 19.8 x 12.9 x 3.7 centimetres (0
- Genre:
- Fiction & Literature, Literary, Fiction & Literature,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
Cloud Cuckoo Land is a novel about children on the cusp of adulthood in a broken world, who find resilience, hope, and story. In a world torn apart, they discover solace in an ancient text that tells the tale of Aethon, who longs to be turned into a bird so that he can fly to a paradise called Cloud Cuckoo Land. The story weaves together the lives of twelve-year-old Anna, who learns to read from an old Greek tutor, and Omeir, a village boy who has deserted his post to escape the war. In a different time and place, Seymour, a young activist, and Zeno, an amateur translator, find themselves connected to the same story through a public library and a play adaptation. As the walls of Constantinople are bombarded by armies of Saracens, Anna escapes with a small sack containing a book that holds the key to Aethon's story. Through its multiple timelines, Cloud Cuckoo Land explores the power of human connection and the resilience of the human spirit.
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