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The Shell Collector

The Shell Collector

Penned By Anthony Doerr
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The Shell Collector

The Shell Collector

Penned By Anthony Doerr
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The exquisitely crafted stories in Anthony Doerr's acclaimed debut collection take readers from the African coast to the pine forests of Montana to the damp moors of Lapland, charting a vast physical and emotional landscape. Doerr explores the human condition in all its varieties—metamorphosis, grief, fractured relationships, and slowly mending hearts—and conjures 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 the universe outside themselves.

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Length 219 Pages
Language Eng
Released 2001
Identifier (ISBN) 883235
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Anthony Doerr is a writer and avid reader based in the Pacific Northwest. Before pursuing writing full-time, they spent over a decade working in education. When not working on their next book, Anthony Doerr can usually be found hiking with their dog or trying out new coffee shops in their neighborhood.

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