Shell Collector, The
Overview
The showstopping debut from the author of the #1 Sunday Times bestseller ALL THE LIGHT WE CANNOT SEE
A blind man spends his days roaming the beaches of Kenya collecting shells, classifying them by feeling their whorls, spines and folds in his fingers. A young woman discovers that she can explore the inner world of an animal's mind by touching its freshly dead body. A refugee from Liberia, who cannot escape the horrors that he has witnessed, finds salvation in the clandesitne act of burying the hearts of beached whales.
In The Shell Collector Antony Doerr illuminates both the riotous dangers of the natural world and the rocky terrain of the human heart.
Doerr, the Sunday Times bestselling author, continues to captivate his readers with his latest fiction, The Shell Collector. His unique storytelling ability, which seamlessly blends the rawness of the natural world with the intricacies of the human heart, solidifies his status as a bestselling author.
For fans of Amor Towles (Table For Two), Kristin Hannah (The Nightingale), Bonnie Garmus (Lessons in Chemistry), James Mcbride (Deacon King Kong), and Emily St. John Mandel (Last Night in Montreal).
Details
- ISBN-13: 9780008270117
- Publisher: HarperCollins UK
- Publish Date: July 2017
- Author: Anthony Doerr
- Narrator: Robert G. Slade
- Duration: 08:15:24
