But, I’m glad I persevered, and I finally saw how intricately he managed to weave these stories together. In fact, there were times when I dearly wished Doerr had written three separate novels, one for each of these timeframes. I was so confused at the beginning by the changing scenarios, and could not imagine how he would weave this into a cohesive story. It took me a while to get into the rhythm of Doerr’s storytelling. The book jacket blurb describes it thus: Set in Constantinople in the fifteenth century, in a small town in present-day Idaho, and on an interstellar ship decades from now, Doerr’s third novel is a story about children on the cusp of adulthood in worlds in peril, who find resilience, hope – and a book: Cloud Cuckoo Land, by Antonius Diogenes, which tells the ancient story of Aethon. It is equal parts historical, contemporary and futuristic. Book on CD narrated by Marin Ireland and Simon Jones
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