Tuesday, August 9, 2022

CLOUD CUCKOO LAND- JULY 2022 BOOK SELECTION

 

Anthony Doerr, winner of the Pulitzer Prize in Literature for All the Light We Cannot See, has written another fascinating novel. This one depicts four characters spread across time who all have a mystical connection surrounding the ancient Greek fictional character of Aethon. Their lives follow Aethon’s journey, a character credited to Aristophanes' comedy “The Birds.”

A supreme undertaking which Doerr himself says he almost abandoned many times, has nevertheless been lauded and critically acclaimed. I both read and listened to the novel in order to keep the time shifts and characters straight. Well worth it.



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