# Cloud Cuckoo Land - Hardcover

by **Anthony Doerr** (Author)

**On the _New York Times_ bestseller list for over 20 weeks \* A _New York Times_ Notable Book \* A National Book Award Finalist \* Named a Best Book of the Year by _Fresh Air_, _Time_, _Entertainment Weekly_, Associated Press, and many more**

**"If you're looking for a superb novel, look no further." _\--The Washington Post_**

**From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of _All the Light We Cannot See_, comes the instant _New York Times_ bestseller that is a "wildly inventive, a humane and uplifting book for adults that's infused with the magic of childhood reading experiences" (_The_ _New York Times Book Review_).**

Among the most celebrated and beloved novels of recent times, _Cloud Cuckoo Land_ is a triumph of imagination and compassion, a soaring story about children on the cusp of adulthood in worlds in peril, who find resilience, hope, and a book.

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.

Anna, Omeir, Seymour, Zeno, and Konstance are dreamers and outsiders whose lives are gloriously intertwined. Doerr's dazzling imagination transports us to worlds so dramatic and immersive that we forget, for a time, our own.

### Author Biography

Anthony Doerr is the author of the _New York Times_ bestselling _Cloud Cuckoo Land,_ which was a finalist for the National Book Award, and _All the Light We Cannot See_, winner of the Pulitzer Prize, the Carnegie Medal, the Alex Award, and a #1 _New York Times_ bestseller. He is also the author of the story collections _Memory Wall_ and _The Shell Collector_, the novel _About Grace_, and the memoir _Four Seasons in Rome_. He has won five O. Henry Prizes, the Rome Prize, the New York Public Library's Young Lions Award, the National Magazine Award for fiction, a Guggenheim Fellowship, and the Story Prize. Born and raised in Cleveland, Ohio, Doerr lives in Boise, Idaho, with his wife and two sons.

**Number of Pages:** 640

**Dimensions:** 1.8 x 9.1 x 6.4 IN

**Publication Date:** September 28, 2021

**Award:** National Book Awards (2021)

**Award:** ALA Notable Books (2022)

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