{"product_id":"cloud-cuckoo-land-9780008478674","title":"Cloud Cuckoo Land","description":"\u003cp\u003eShortlisted for The British Book Awards 2022 Fiction Book of the Year\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCloud Cuckoo Land follows three storylines: Anna and Omeir, on opposite sides of the formidable city wall during the 1453 siege of Constantinople; teenage idealist Seymour and gentle octogenarian Zeno, in an attack on a public library in present day Idaho; and Konstance, on an interstellar ship bound for a distant exoplanet, decades from now.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA single copy of an ancient text – the story of Aethon, who longs to be turned into a bird so that he can fly to the paradise of Cloud Cuckoo Land – provides solace, mystery, and the most profound human connection to these five unforgettable characters.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLike Marie-Laure and Werner in All the Light We Cannot See , Anna, Omeir, Zeno, Seymour, and Konstance are dreamers and misfits, on the cusp of adulthood, struggling to survive and finding resourcefulness and hope in the midst of peril.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Anthony Doerr\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eTurkey, Idaho, Modern \u0026amp; contemporary fiction (post c 1945), Sagas, Historical fiction\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 29 Sep 2022 by HarperCollins Publishers.\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Anthony Doerr","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57320550138234,"sku":"9780008478674","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0373\/4125\/files\/9780008478674.jpg?v=1790657222","url":"https:\/\/belfastbooks.co.uk\/products\/cloud-cuckoo-land-9780008478674","provider":"Belfast Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}