Bøger af Anthony Doerr

Vinder af Pulitzer-prisen 2015Marie-Laure LeBlanc mister som seksårig synet. Hendes far, låsesmeden på det naturhistoriske museum i Paris, bygger en perfekt miniaturemodel af deres kvarter til hende, så hun kan lære at finde vej hjem. Men da Paris invaderes af tyskerne under anden verdenskrig, må far og datter flygte.Med sig har de en uvurderlig hemmelighed.Den forældreløse Werner Pfennigs skæbne er de tyske kulminer, hvor hans far mistede livet. Men da han en dag finder en ødelagt radio, fyldes verden pludselig med muligheder. Hans evner vinder ham en plads på et eliteakademi for Hitlerjugend, men hvor store bliver omkostningerne, når Werner tvinges til at forfølge sine ambitioner?Langt væk i den ældgamle fæstningsby Saint-Malo lytter en ensom mand med granatchok til en for længst forsvundet stemme. Han går på opdagelse inye verdner uden nogensinde at forlade sit hus, men alligevel får hans eventyr alvorlige konsekvenser.I et Europa opslugt af krig kolliderer tilværelser uforudsigeligt. ALTDET LYS VI IKKE SER er et studie i, hvordan mennesker mod alle odds forsøger at finde ud af, hvad der er rigtigt og godt. En medrivende historie om mod og tvivl, en bittersød fortælling om kærlighedens væsen.Ros til ALT DET LYS, VI IKKE SER:Nomineret til National Book AwardNummer to på Amazons liste over de hundrede bedste bøger i 2014Nummer et på New York Times' bestsellerlisteEn af de ti bedste bøger i 2014, New York Times Book ReviewEn af de ti bedste bøger i 2014, San Fransisco ChronicleEn af de ti bedste bøger i 2014, Entertainmet WeeklyEn af de ti bedste bøger i 2014, The Washinton PostEn af de ti bedste bøger i 2014, The GuardianEn af de ti bedste bøger i 2014, Kirkus Reviews"Noget af det smukkeste." - New York Times"Altomsluttende fortalt, smukt skrevet. hver eneste oplysning fylderhistorien med vigtighed, indtil plottets puslespil til sidst er lagt ogafslører den skat, der gemmer sig deri." - Washington Post"En dybt rørende, dristig, hjerteknusende, underligt glædesfyldt roman."- Seattle Times"En bog man flytter ind i, lærer noget af, og med sorg tager afsked med,når sidste side er læst." - Booklist"En meditation over skæbnen, den frie vilje og over hvordan småbeslutninger kan have afgørende konsekvenser." - The New YorkerAnthony Doerr er født og opvokset i Ohio, hvor han stadig bor med sinkone og to sønner. Han har skrevet flere romaner, senest ALT DET LYS, VIIKKE SER, som skulle vise sig at blive hans store gennembrud.

WINNER OF THE 2015 PULITZER PRIZE FOR FICTIONNATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALISTNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERWINNER OF THE CARNEGIE MEDAL FOR FICTIONA beautiful, stunningly ambitious novel about a blind French girl and a German boy whose paths collide in occupied France as both try to survive the devastation of World War IIMarie-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 his way out of obscurity is built on suffering.At the same time, far away in a walled city by the sea, an old man discovers new worlds without ever setting foot outside his home. But all around him, impending danger closes in.Doerr's combination of soaring imagination and meticulous observation is electric. As Europe is engulfed by war and lives collide unpredictably, 'All The Light We Cannot See' is a captivating and devastating elegy for innocence.

Fra den Pulitzer-prisvindende forfatter bag Alt det lys vi ikke ser, en af de mest anerkendte og bedst sælgende bøger i nyere tid, kommer nu en triumf af fantasi: En skyhøj roman om børn, der træder ind i de voksnes rækker i en ødelagt verden.I det femtende århundredes Konstantinopel vokser forældreløse Anna op i et hus befolket af kvinder, der alle ernærer sig ved at brodere kåber til byens præster. Da Anna ved et tilfælde får fingre i et antikt manuskript, fortrylles hun af fortællingen om Aithon, drengen der drømmer om at flyve op til Byen i skyerne. Men Konstantinopel er under fjendtligt angreb udefra, og Annas søster er dødeligt syg. På den anden side af de høje bymure står bondedrengen Omeir, milevidt hjemmefra. Han er tvunget i krig af den invaderende hær, og ved Konstantinopels mure krydses hans veje med Annas. Fem hundrede år senere, på et bibliotek i Idaho, er den tidligere krigsfange Zeno i færd med at instruere fem skolebørn i et skuespil baseret på Aithons historie. Blandt hyldernes mange bøger har den forstyrrede klimaaktivist Seymour plantet en bombe. Og i en ikke så fjern fremtid skriver Konstance fortællingen om Aithon ned fra erindringen, som hendes far fortalte hende den. Hun har aldrig set Jorden, kun hørt historier om den, om bord på fartøjet Argos. BYEN I SKYERNE er en episk roman om kærlighed, længsel og omsorg for Jorden og de sjæle, der befolker den. Med virtuos fornemmelse for komposition væver Anthony Doerr skæbnetrådene sammen til et varmt sanset portræt af menneskelivets mest hjertegribende aspekter.

David Winkler drømmer begivenheder, før de sker. Detaljerede og uafrystelige drømme: En mand, der bliver kørt ihjel af en bus; hvordan han møder sit livs kærlighed. Ting, der siden udspiller sig i virkeligheden. Da David drømmer, at han er ude af stand til at redde sin spæde datter fra druknedøden, knuses hans tilværelse. Han flygter, fjerner det eneste element i det ulykkelige scenarie, han er herre over – sig selv. På en caribisk ø holder han op med at flygte. Alene, ulykkelig og usikker på, om hans datter har overlevet, og om hans elskede kan tilgive ham, drømmer han endnu en skæbnedrøm. Nu kan han vælge, om den skal blive hans vej tilbage til de mennesker, han har ladt bag sig. Noget om Grace handler om de små mirakler, der på et sekund afgør vores skæbner, om sorg og savn, men også om kærlighed og omsorg. ”En formidabel litterær præstation.”THE INDEPENDENT “En storslået roman, hvor naturen beskrives i en prosa, der synger fra siderne.THE NEW YORK TIMES ”Meld dig syg, sluk mobilen og oplev, hvor god litteratur, der skrives i dag.”THE GUARDIAN Om forfatteren: Anthony Doerr er født og opvokset i Ohio, hvor han stadig bor med sin kone og to sønner. Han har skrevet flere romaner, senest ALT DET LYS, VI IKKE SER, som skulle vise sig at blive hans store gennembrud.

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The showstopping debut from the author of the #1 Sunday Times bestseller ALL THE LIGHT WE CANNOT SEEA blind man spends his days roaming the beaches of Kenya collecting shells, classifying them by feeling their whorls, spines and folds in his fingers. A young woman discovers that she can explore the inner world of an animal's mind by touching its freshly dead body. A refugee from Liberia, who cannot escape the horrors that he has witnessed, finds salvation in the clandesitne act of burying the hearts of beached whales.In The Shell Collector Antony Doerr illuminates both the riotous dangers of the natural world and the rocky terrain of the human heart.

In the wise and beautiful second collection from the acclaimed, Pulitzer Prize-winning #1 New York Times bestselling author of All the Light We Cannot See, and Cloud Cuckoo Land, "Doerr writes about the big questions, the imponderables, the major metaphysical dreads, and he does it fearlessly" (The New York Times Book Review).Set on four continents, Anthony Doerr's new stories are about memory, the source of meaning and coherence in our lives, the fragile thread that connects us to ourselves and to others. Every hour, says Doerr, all over the globe, an infinite number of memories disappear. Yet at the same time children, surveying territory that is entirely new to them, push back the darkness, form fresh memories, and remake the world. In the luminous and beautiful title story, a young boy in South Africa comes to possess an old woman's secret, a piece of the past with the power to redeem a life. In "The River Nemunas," a teenage orphan moves from Kansas to Lithuania to live with her grandfather, and discovers a world in which myth becomes real. "Village 113," winner of an O'Henry Prize, is about the building of the Three Gorges Dam and the seed keeper who guards the history of a village soon to be submerged. And in "Afterworld," the radiant, cathartic final story, a woman who escaped the Holocaust is haunted by visions of her childhood friends in Germany, yet finds solace in the tender ministrations of her grandson. Every story in Memory Wall is a reminder of the grandeur of life--of the mysterious beauty of seeds, of fossils, of sturgeon, of clouds, of radios, of leaves, of the breathtaking fortune of living in this universe. Doerr's language, his witness, his imagination, and his humanity are unparalleled in fiction today.

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.

On the same day that his wife gave birth to twins, Anthony Doerr received the Rome Prize, an award that gave him a year-long stipend and studio in Rome...'Four Seasons in Rome' charts the repercussions of that day, describing Doerr's varied adventures in one of the most enchanting cities in the world, and the first year of parenthood. He reads Pliny, Dante, and Keats - the chroniclers of Rome who came before him - and visits the piazzas, temples, and ancient cisterns they describe. He attends the vigil of a dying Pope John Paul II and takes his twins to the Pantheon in December to wait for snow to fall through the oculus. He and his family are embraced by the butchers, grocers, and bakers of the neighbourhood, whose clamour of stories and idiosyncratic child-rearing advice is as compelling as the city itself.This intimate and revelatory book is a celebration of Rome, a wondrous look at new parenthood and a fascinating account of the alchemy of writers.Note that it has not been possible to include the same picture content that appeared in the original print version.

About Grace is the brilliant debut novel from Anthony Doerr, author of Pulitzer Prize-winning All The Light We Cannot See.Growing up in Alaska, young David Winkler is crippled by his dreams. At nine, he dreams a man is decapitated by a passing truck on the path outside his family's home. The next day, unable to prevent it, he witnesses an exact replay of his dream in real life. The premonitions keep coming, unstoppably. He sleepwalks during them, bringing catastrophe into his reach.Then, as unstoppable as a vision, he falls in love, at the supermarket (exactly as he already dreamed) with Sandy. They flee south, landing in Ohio, where their daughter Grace is born. And then the visions of Grace's death begin for Winkler, as their waterside home is inundated. Plagued by the same horrific images of Grace drowning, when the floods come, he cannot face his destiny and flees.He beaches on a remote Caribbean island, where he works as a handyman, chipping away at his doubts and hopes, never knowing whether Grace survived the flood or met the doom he foretold. After two decades, he musters the strength to find out...

Set on four continents, Anthony Doerr's collection of stories is about memory: the source of meaning and coherence in our lives, the fragile thread that connects us to ourselves and to others.Set on four continents, Anthony Doerr's collection of stories is about memory: the source of meaning and coherence in our lives, the fragile thread that connects us to ourselves and to others.In the luminous and beautiful title story, a young boy in South Africa comes to possess an old woman's secret, a piece of the past with the power to redeem a life. In 'The River Nemunas', a teenaged orphan moves from Kansas to Lithuania to live with her grandfather, and discovers a world in which myth becomes real. 'Village 113' is about the building of the Three Gorges Dam and the seedkeeper who guards the history of a village soon to be submerged. And in 'Afterworld,' the radiant, cathartic final story, a woman who escaped the Holocaust is haunted by visions of her childhood friends in Germany, yet finds solace in the tender ministrations of her grandson.The stories in Memory Wall show us how we figure the world, and show Anthony Doerr to be one of the masters of the form.

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 happen -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 deny the dream. On a Caribbean island, destitute, alone, and unsure if his child has survived or his wife can forgive him, David is sheltered by a couple with a daughter of their own. Ultimately it is she who will pull him back into the world, to search for the people he left behind.

Anthony Doerrs fortællinger fra samlingen MINDEVÆGGEN handler om hukommelsen, den skrøbelige tråd, der bringer sammenhæng i tilværelsen og forbinder os med vores medmennesker. Historierne minder os om livets storslåethed, rigdom og mange facetter. Her udgiver Politikens Forlag ganske eksklusivt to af novellerne som digitale singler.I historien En anden verden beskriver Doerrs fortæller et jødisk børnehjem under anden verdenskrig, hvor en række børn deporteres til koncentrationslejre. Hvem er børnene? Hvor ender de? Og hvordan husker de hinanden?“Ambitiøse, vidtrækkende, iderige og bevægende historier.” – Sunday Times

Anthony Doerrs fortællinger fra samlingen MINDEVÆGGEN handler om hukommelsen, den skrøbelige tråd, der bringer sammenhæng i tilværelsen og forbinder os med vores medmennesker. Historierne minder os om livets storslåethed, rigdom og mange facetter. Her udgiver Politikens forlag ganske eksklusivt to af novellerne som digitale singler.I titelnovellen Mindevæggen besøger demente Alma Konachek sin egen fortid igennem en ny teknologi, der kan uddrage hendes minder fra hukommelsens tåger. Men der er andre end Alma, der leder efter svar i hendes minder.“Ambitiøse, vidtrækkende, iderige og bevægende historier.” – Sunday Times