Anthony Doerr Libros

Marie-Laure es una joven ciega que vive con su padre en París, donde él trabaja como responsable de sus mil cerraduras del Museo de Historia Natural. Cuando los nazis ocupan la capital, padre e hija deben huir a la ciudad amurallada de Saint-Malo, llevándose con ellos la que podría ser la más preciada y peligrosa joya del museo. Werner es un muchacho huérfano criado en un pueblo minero de Alemania y fascinado por la fabricación y reparación de aparatos de radio, un talento que no ha pasado desapercibido a las Juventudes Hitlerianas.

Desde su niñez en Alaska, David Winkler se ha sentido atraído por los cambios del tiempo y ha vivido obsesionado por la nieve. Además, David tiene un don: a veces puede ver cosas antes de que ocurran. Sus premoniciones le permiten saber que un vecino será atropellado por el autobús o que se enamorará de una mujer en un supermercado. Pero cuando David sueña que su hija se va a ahogar en una inundación sin que él pueda salvarla, toda su vida se desmorona. Huir de su familia, de su casa y de su propio futuro parece el único modo de negar el sueño que lo atormenta. Solo, sin medios y sin saber si su hija ha sobrevivido o si su mujer ha conseguido perdonarlo, David tendrá que comenzar una nueva vida. Hasta el día en que deba enfrentarse a la decisión de buscar a las personas que dejó atrás. (Fuente: Casa del libro).

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and a National Book Award finalist, this stunning novel follows the intertwined lives of a blind French girl and a German boy during World War II. Marie-Laure, who lives in Paris near the Museum of Natural History, flees with her father to Saint-Malo after the Nazis occupy their city. They carry with them a potentially dangerous jewel from the museum. Meanwhile, in a German mining town, orphan Werner Pfennig grows up with his sister, captivated by a radio that brings distant stories and news. As Werner becomes skilled at building radios, he is recruited to help track down the resistance. The narrative deftly weaves together Marie-Laure's and Werner's experiences, highlighting the resilience of the human spirit and the capacity for kindness amidst chaos. Anthony Doerr's exquisite prose, filled with vivid details and metaphors, creates a deeply moving reading experience. This remarkable work, a decade in the making, showcases a writer whose sentences resonate with beauty and emotional depth.

A NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A GUARDIAN BEST FICTION PICK OF 2021 ONE OF BARACK OBAMA's FAVOURITE BOOKS OF 2021

Follows four young dreamers and outcasts through time and space, from 1453 Constantinople to the future, as they discover resourcefulness and hope amidst peril.

The author describes the year he spent in Rome after winning the Rome Prize, including his adventures around the city, life in a foreign but welcoming country, and parenthood as it applies to his newborn twins

In this astonishingly assured, exquisitely crafted debut collection, 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. Like the best storytellers, Doerr explores the human condition in all its manifestations: metamorphosis, grief, fractured relationships, and slowly mending hearts. Most dazzling is Doerr's gift for conjuring nature in both its beautiful abundance and crushing power. Some of his characters contend with tremendous hardship; some discover unique gifts; all are united by their ultimate deference to the mysteries of their respective landscapes.

Presents a selection of the best works of short fiction of the past year from a variety of acclaimed sources.

Set on four continents, stories about memory.