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The shell collector : stories / Anthony Doerr.
Anthony Doerr takes readers from the African coast to the suburbs of Ohio, from sideshow pageantry to harsh wilderness survival, charting a vast and varied emotional landscape. Doerr explores the human condition in all its manifestations: metamorphosis, grief, fractured relationships, and slowly mending hearts.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781439190050
- ISBN: 1439190054
- ISBN: 9780142002964
- ISBN: 0142002968
- Physical Description: 219 pages ; 21 cm
- Edition: First Scribner trade paperback edition.
- Publisher: New York : Scribner, 2011.
- Copyright: ©2002
Content descriptions
| Formatted Contents Note: | Shell collector -- Hunter's wife -- So many chances -- For a long time : this was Griselda's story -- July fourth -- Caretaker -- A tangle by the rapid river -- Mkondo |
Search for related items by subject
| Subject: | Short stories, American. Metamorphosis > Fiction. Grief > Fiction. Interpersonal relations > Fiction. Ohio > Fiction. Africa > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Survival fiction. Short stories. |
Available copies
- 4 of 5 copies available at Missouri Evergreen. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at Rolla Public.
Holds
- 1 current hold with 5 total copies.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rolla Public Library | FIC DOE (Text) | 38256101837312 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
The Shell Collector : Stories
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The Shell Collector : Stories
The "perilously beautiful" ( Boston Globe ) first story collection by the author of the acclaimed Pulitzer Prize-winning #1 New York Times bestseller All The Light We Cannot See and Cloud Cuckoo Land. The exquisitely crafted stories in Anthony Doerr's 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--conjuring nature in both its beautiful abundance and crushing power. Some of the characters in these stories contend with hardships; some discover unique gifts; all are united by their ultimate deference to the ravishing universe outside themselves.
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