Teen Seymour and 80-year-old Zeno Ninis participate in activities at the Lakeport Public Library, which has an ideal librarian named Marian. Sources of resilience and hope in the face of vividly- described peril are revealed as we become acquainted with each character.Īnna and Omeir, in their teen years, have dramatically different experiences of Constantinople. Four children in their teens and one man in his eighties are immersed in the challenges of their times. The author has created five plot lines set in the past, present and future (not necessarily in that order!) Constantinople in the fifteenth century, Lakeport, Idaho in the present and an interstellar ship, The Argos, decades from now are the backdrop for the development of the main characters. Anthony Doerr creates his own version of a similar play by an imaginary writer, Antonius Diogenes, and words from the title are used as touchstones throughout his intertwining stories. The curious title of this novel was inspired by The Birds, a work of Aristophanes, the Greek playwright. Resident Janet Neer’s review of Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr, is scheduled for Tuesday, Maat 7 PM in the Auditorium.
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