![]() ![]() It seems he’s done a decent amount of research about Constantinople’s fraught history, and while this does seem to have some basis in real life, this work looks at a siege from a more literary point of view, and focuses more on the people in and around the city rather than on the battles and bloodshed. ![]() ![]() Overall, I did like this book, though it didn’t totally blow my mind like I wanted it to.Īll the differing settings are really well described-it’s clear Doerr is an experienced, talented writer. I’ve heard really good things about this author’s previous work All the Light We Cannot See, so when I got this (really rather long) ARC, I thought I’d better give him a try. ![]() All of these characters are touched by a certain story, the ancient myth of magic and mystery and whimsy called Cloud Cuckoo Land, and through these words and through their own unique experiences, they try to make sense of the world. In Cloud Cuckoo Land, we follow several different characters from several different times and settings: there’s Anna and Omeir from Constantinople in the 15th century, Zeno and Seymour in 2020 America, and Konstance a couple generations in our future on a starship heading for a new planet. ![]()
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