Pulitzer Prize
From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of All the Light We Cannot See comes a novel we press into hands daily. Three timelines — medieval, modern, futuristic — woven together by one ancient story. A breathtaking love letter to books, libraries, and the readers who need them most.
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From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of All the Light We Cannot See comes a breathtaking feat of storytelling — one of those rare novels that makes you want to slow down, find a quiet corner, and disappear into its pages.
Cloud Cuckoo Land weaves together three worlds separated by centuries: the besieged walls of Constantinople in 1453, a public library in Idaho in 2020, and an interstellar ark hurtling toward a distant planet. At the heart of each is an ancient story — the tale of Aethon, a man who longs to become a bird and fly to paradise — and a cast of young dreamers trying to find their footing in a world that feels like it’s falling apart.
It’s a novel about the stubborn, miraculous power of books. About how a single story can travel across time, cross oceans, and find exactly the person who needs it most.
The characters here — Anna, Omeir, Seymour, Zeno, Konstance — are misfits and survivors, the kind you root for quietly and think about long after you’ve closed the cover. Dedicated to “the librarians then, now, and in the years to come,” this is a love letter to storytelling itself.
The kind of book we keep recommending here at the shop — again and again, to anyone who lingers long enough to ask.
Doerr's novel is a humane and uplifting book, a tribute to the power of storytelling across time.
A novel of great ambition and sweep... Doerr's prose is luminous.
Magnificent... Cloud Cuckoo Land is a deeply humane novel about the power of stories to transcend time, place, and circumstance.
A dazzling, intricately constructed novel... Doerr has written a book about books, about the way stories pass from hand to hand across the centuries.
Doerr has crafted a glorious, life-affirming story about the power of literature to connect us across time and space.
Stunning... a book about the power of stories to save us.
A sweeping, ambitious novel... Doerr's love of language and storytelling shines on every page.
Doerr has outdone himself with this tender, wise, and intricate novel.
| Weight | 1.10 lbs |
|---|---|
| Dimensions | 5.25 × 1.52 × 8.00 in |
| Book Author | Anthony Doerr |
| Fiction Type | |
| Subject | Fiction, Historical, Literary, Medieval, Multiple Timelines, Science Fiction |
| Accolade |
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