Anthony Doerr

Marie Laure lives with her father in Paris within walking distance of the Museum of Natural History where he works as the master of the locks (there are thousands of locks in the museum). When she is six, she goes blind, and her father builds her a model of their neighborhood, every house, every manhole, so she can memorize it with her fingers and navigate the real streets with her feet and cane. When the Germans occupy Paris, father and daughter...

Bohaterowie Miasta w chmurach są marzycielami i outsiderami. Łączy ich jeden starożytny tekst: historia Aetona, który pragnie zostać ptakiem, by odlecieć do utopijnego miasta w niebiosach.Osierocona Anna i przeklęty chłopiec Omeir przebywają po przeciwnych stronach potężnych murów podczas oblężenia Konstantynopola w 1453 roku.Współczesne Idaho. Weteran wojenny, osiemdziesięcioparoletni Zeno próbuje uchronić bibliotekę przed wybuchem...

David Winkler begins life in Anchorage, Alaska, a quiet boy drawn to the volatility of weather and obsessed with snow. Sometimes he sees things before they happe: a man carrying a hatbox will be hit by a bus; Winkler will fall in love with a woman in a supermarket. When David dreams that his infant daughter will drown in a flood as he tries to save her, he comes undone. He travels thousands of miles, fleeing family, home, and the future itself, to...

Marie-Laure has been blind since the age of six. Her father builds a perfect miniature of their Paris neighbourhood so she can memorize it by touch and navigate her way home. But when the Nazis invade, father and daughter flee with a dangerous secret. Werner is a German orphan, destined to labour in the same mine that claimed his father's life, until he discovers a knack for engineering. His talent wins him a place at a brutal military academy, but...

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