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Doerr, Anthony
Cloud cuckoo land / Anthony Doerr
London : 4th Estate, 2021
Titel / Autor: Cloud cuckoo land / Anthony Doerr
Veröffentlichung: London : 4th Estate, 2021
Physische Beschreibung:
[10], 626 p. ; 24 cm
ISBN: 9780008478650
Datum:2021
Sprache:
Englisch (Sprache des Textes, der Filmmusik usw.)
Land:
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Abstract:
In the 15th century, an orphan named Anna lives inside the formidable walls of Constantinople. She learns to read, and in this ancient city, famous for its libraries, she finds what might be the last copy of a centuries-old book, the story of Aethon, who longs to be turned into a bird so that he can fly to a utopian paradise in the sky. Outside the walls is Omeir, a village boy, conscripted with his beloved oxen into the army that will lay siege to the city. His path and Anna’s will cross. In the present day, in a library in Idaho, octogenarian Zeno rehearses children in a play adaptation of Aethon’s story, preserved against all odds through centuries. Tucked among the library shelves is a bomb, planted by a troubled, idealistic teenager, Seymour. This is another siege. And in a not-so-distant future, on the interstellar ship Argos, Konstance is alone in a vault, copying on scraps of sacking the story of Aethon, told to her by her father.