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The shell collector

Doerr, Anthony, 1973-2016
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The exquisitely crafted stories in Anthony Doerr's acclaimed debut collection take readers from the African coast to the pine forests of Montana to the damp moors of Lapland, charting a vast physical and emotional landscape. Doerr explores the human condition in all its varieties-metamorphosis, grief, fractured relationships, and slowly mending hearts-and conjures nature in both its beautiful abundance and crushing power. Some of his characters contend with tremendous hardship; some discover unique gifts; all are united by their ultimate deference to the mysteries of the universe outside themselves.
Main title:
The shell collector / Anthony Doerr.
Author:
Imprint:
London : 4th Estate, 2016.©2002
Collation:
218 pages ; 20 cm
Notes:
Originally published: UK: Flamingo ; USA: Scribner, 2002.
Contents:
The shell collectorThe hunter's wifeSo many changesFor a long time this was Griselda's storyJuly fouthThe caretakerA tangle by the rapid river.
ISBN:
9780007146987 (pbk)9780007146987 (paperback)
Dewey class:
813.6
Language:
English
Related title:
The Shell Collector [ebook]
BRN:
789385
LocationCollectionCall numberStatus/Desc
narrm ngarrgu Library and Family ServicesFictionDOERAvailable
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