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Anthony Doerr

Anthony Doerr is the American novelist behind All the Light We Cannot See (2014, Pulitzer Prize 2015), Cloud Cuckoo Land (2021), and the short story collection The Shell Collector (2002). All the Light We Cannot See is the canonical contemporary literary novel about World War II in Saint-Malo.

Reviews

2

Books on file

2

Avg rating

4.5

Years active

2014-2021

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  • All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr 2014 review. A blind French girl and a German orphan radio specialist meet briefly in occupied Saint-Malo at the end of World War II. Pulitzer Prize 2015 and the canonical contemporary World War II novel.

  • Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr 2021 review. Five characters across three timelines connected by a fictional ancient Greek novel. Doerr's follow-up to All the Light We Cannot See.