from The African Coast To The Suburbs Of Ohio, From Sideshow Pageantry To Harsh Wilderness Survival, Doerr's Stories Explore The Human Condition In All Its Manifestations -- Metamorphosis, Grief, Fractured Relationships, And Slowly Mending Hearts.
publishers Weekly
the Natural World Exerts A Powerful, Brooding Presence In This First Collection; It's Almost As Much A Main Character As Any Of The Individuals The 26-year-old Doerr Records. Nature, In These Eight Stories, Is Mysterious And Deadly, A Wonder Of Design And Of Nearly Overwhelming Power. This Delicate Balance Is Evidenced By The Title Story, About A Blind Man Who Spends His Days Collecting Rare And Beautiful Shell Specimens. Self-exiled To The Coast Of Kenya, He Discovers That A Certain Poisonous Snail Has The Power Both To Kill And To Effect A Rapid Recovery From Malaria. This Discovery Brings Him Much Attention But Little Joy, Disturbing The Carefully Ordered Universe That He Has Constructed To Manage Both His Blindness And His Temperament. A Naturalist's Perspective Also Informs The Other Stories. In The Hunter's Wife, Doerr Catalogues Winter In Montana As A Thousand Ladybugs Hibernating In An Orange Ball In A Riverbank Hollow; A Pair Of Dormant Frogs Buried In Frozen Mud. But Doerr Can Play It Funny, Too: In July Fourth, A Group Of American Fishermen Endure A Hilarious Litany Of Woes In A Fishing Contest Across Scandinavia And Eastern Europe. Their Troubles Include Much Drinking, Few Fish And Losing Their Shirts (and All Their Tackle) To A Belorussian Basketball Team. The Title Story Could Well Appear In The Next Best American Or O. Henry Anthologies, And The Others Make A Fine Supporting Cast. Agent, Wendy Weil. (jan. 14) Forecast: With Blurbs From The Likes Of Rick Bass, This Debut Collection Should Do Better Than Most, Especially If Reviewers Take Note. Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information.
Categories:
- Literature & Fiction
- Short Stories & Anthologies
- Short Stories
- Short Stories & Anthologies
Publisher : Scribner
Author : Doerr, Anthony
Language : English
Edition : Standard Edition
Published :2011-01-04
Number Of Pages : 240
Binding : paperback
ISBN-10 : 1439190054
ISBN-13 : 9781439190050
Item weight : 0.45 lb
Dimensions : 0.7 in x 5.5 in x 8.3 in
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