Cloud Cuckoo Land
A Novel
Anthony Doerr
Cloud Cuckoo Land is a beautifully written novel that explores the power of stories to survive against all odds. Follow an unforgettable cast of characters from past, present, and future as they weather the end of things and strive for survival. A seamstress and a cursed boy risk everything on opposite sides of a city wall, an impoverished kid seeks revenge in a crumbling world, and a tiny community looks to the oldest stories for guidance. Bound together by an ancient text, these tales interweave to form a tapestry of resilience and human connection, making this book another hopeful masterpiece from Anthony Doerr.
Publish Date
2021-09-28T00:00:00.000Z
2021-09-28T00:00:00.000Z
Goodreads Rating
4.26
ISBN
9781982168438
Recommendations
3
Recommendations
2021-12-31T23:47:03.000Z
Since I’m not going to finish another book this year, here are the four best books I read in 2021: GREAT CIRCLE by Maggie Shipstead, THE LINCOLN HIGHWAY by Amor Towles, CLOUD CUCKOO LAND by Anthony Doerr and BETTER LUCK NEXT TIME by Julia Claiborne Johnson. – source2021-12-31T23:04:04.000Z
The book is a wonder, by the way. A towering testimony to the power of a story, and those who embrace stories, and those whose lives are changed by stories. I don’t want it to end. – source2022-12-30T02:53:10.000Z
BY FAR, my favorite fiction book of ‘22 is Cloud Cuckoo Land by @DoerrTorresal for it’s provocative imagination, epic, interwoven time span, stirring character development and overall evocative writing. – source