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Anthony Doerr
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Where did the old forests go? Sailing masts for the British navy. Staves for wine barrels. They went into railroad cars, “snake fences,” and orange crates; they went up the hugely inefficient chimneys of settlers… FromAmerican Canopy, a May 20 column in the Sunday Globe.
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The Shell Collector: Stories
  4.21 avg rating — 800 ratings
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2001
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Four Seasons in Rome: On Twins, Insomnia, and the Biggest Funeral in the History of the World
  3.77 avg rating — 671 ratings
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2007
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Memory Wall
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2010
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About Grace: A Novel
3.45 avg rating — 580 ratings
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2004
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State by State: A Panoramic Portrait of America
by Matt Weiland , Sean Wilsey , Myla Goldberg (Goodreads Author) 3.74 avg rating — 603 ratings
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2008
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The Anchor Book of New American Short Stories
by Ben Marcus (Goodreads Author) , George Saunders , Aleksandar Hemon 3.96 avg rating — 418 ratings
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2004
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The PEN/ O. Henry Prize Stories 2009
by Laura Furman , A.S. Byatt , Anthony Doerr (Goodreads Author) 3.75 avg rating — 137 ratings
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2009
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The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Fifteenth Annual Collection
by Ellen Datlow (Goodreads Author) , Terri Windling (Goodreads Author) , Steve Rasnic Tem 3.82 avg rating — 107 ratings
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" Quick Start SS: How would you describe your life in only 8 words? AD: Books on the shelves, maps on the walls. SS: What is your motto or maxim? AD: Pay attention. What Readers want to know... SS: How would you describe perfect happiness? AD: Hunting..." ...More
" Quick Start SS: How would you describe your life in only 8 words? AD: Books on the shelves, maps on the walls. SS: What is your motto or maxim? AD: Pay attention. What Readers want to know... SS: How would you describe perfect happiness? AD: Hunting..." ...More
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“To say a person is a happy person or an unhappy person is ridiculous. We are a thousand different kinds of people every hour.”
― Anthony Doerr, Memory Wall
― Anthony Doerr, Memory Wall
“Here's what I mean by the miracle of language. When you're falling into a good book,exactly as you might fall into a dream, a little conduit opens, a passageway between a reader's heart and a writer's, a connection that transcends the barriers of continents and generations and even death.....And here's the magic. You're different. You can never go back to being exactly the same person you were before you disappeared into that book.
-Anthony Doerr”
― Anthony Doerr
-Anthony Doerr”
― Anthony Doerr
“Just when we think we have a system, ...the system collapses. Just when we know our way around, we get lost. Just when we think we know what's coming next, everything changes.”
― Anthony Doerr, Four Seasons in Rome: On Twins, Insomnia, and the Biggest Funeral in the History of the World
― Anthony Doerr, Four Seasons in Rome: On Twins, Insomnia, and the Biggest Funeral in the History of the World
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Thanks for the kind words, Anne. And thanks for the friendship here, David. I've only published one novel--About Grace, so if you want long-form narrative, that's your best bet. Both The Shell Collector and Memory Wall are collections of short stories. And Four Seasons in Rome is a memoir about living in Rome for a year with newborn twins. More about info about each book is here: http://www.anthonydoerr.com/books/
Thanks much for being a reader!
Yours, Anthony
In regard to David's post: My two favorite books of Anthony's are: The Shell Collectors, and The Memory Wall.These are two of the best books that I have EVER had the privilege to read.
I highly recommend both!
Anne
David wrote: "Dear Anthony,Thanks for the add.
For starters I'd like to add your best novel to my reading list: which one is it?
Where is the best place to start reading your work?
Please advise.
Cordially,
David"
David wrote: "Dear Anthony,
Thanks for the add.
For starters I'd like to add your best novel to my reading list: which one is it?
Where is the best place to start reading your work?
Please advise.
Cordially,
David"
Dear Anthony,Thanks for the add.
For starters I'd like to add your best novel to my reading list: which one is it?
Where is the best place to start reading your work?
Please advise.
Cordially,
David
Thanks for the nice note, Tara! And for the nice review on Goodreads. Hope your work is going swell. And happy new year. -Tony
