The Shell Collector: Stories (edit title)

Shelfari edited the description of The Shell Collector: Stories Sunday, August 2 2009.

• 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.

Shelfari edited the contributors of The Shell Collector: Stories Saturday, July 25 2009.

• Added a contributor: Anthony Doerr: (Primary Author)