She is laying out on the floor of a large room the scraps of pages that comprise the book. We meet Konstance, 14, on an interstellar, generational ship, maybe the late 21st century, maybe the 22nd. But all have lost, or lose, at least one parent.Īnthony Doerr - image from Boise State Public Radio Each has characteristics that set them apart.
Each of the five characters are introduced to this story, and we see how it impacts their lives. While the author is real, the book was made up.) It tells of a shepherd, Aethon, seeking a magical, heavenly place in the sky, the “Cloud Cuckoo Land” of the title. Cloud Cuckoo Land is an ancient story written by Antonius Diogenes around the first century C.E. Sometimes the things we think are lost are only hidden, waiting to be rediscovered.Anthony Doerr has written a masterpiece of a tale, connecting five characters, over hundreds of years through their relationship to a single book. Like its predecessor All the Light We Cannot See, Anthony Doerr’s new novel is a tale of hope and of profound human connection. To find a way forward, she must look to the oldest stories of all for guidance.īound together by a single ancient text, these tales interweave to form a tapestry of solace and resilience and a celebration of storytelling itself.
With her tiny community in peril, Konstance is the last hope for the human race.
Can he go through with it when a gentle old man stands between him and his plans? How do we weather the end of things? Cloud Cuckoo Land brings together an unforgettable cast of dreamers and outsiders from past, present and future to offer a vision of survival against all odds.Īn orphaned seamstress and a cursed boy with a love for animals risk everything on opposite sides of a city wall to protect the people they love.Īn impoverished, idealistic kid seeks revenge on a world that’s crumbling around him. When everything is lost, it’s our stories that survive.
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