{"product_id":"the-shell-collector-stories-9781439190050","title":"The Shell Collector: Stories","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe \"perilously beautiful\" (\u003ci\u003eBoston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e) first story collection by the author of the acclaimed Pulitzer Prize-winning #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller \u003ci\u003eAll The Light We Cannot See \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Cloud Cuckoo Land.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe exquisitely crafted stories in Anthony Doerr's debut collection take readers from the African Coast to the pine forests of Montana to the damp moors of Lapland, charting a vast physical and emotional landscape. Doerr explores the human condition in all its varieties--metamorphosis, grief, fractured relationships, and slowly mending hearts--conjuring nature in both its beautiful abundance and crushing power. Some of the characters in these stories contend with hardships; some discover unique gifts; all are united by their ultimate deference to the ravishing universe outside themselves.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnthony Doerr is the author of \u003ci\u003eAll the Light We Cannot See, \u003c\/i\u003ewinner of the Pulitzer Prize, the Carnegie Medal, the Alex Award, and a #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestseller. He is also the author of the story collections \u003ci\u003eMemory Wall\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Shell Collector\u003c\/i\u003e, the novel \u003ci\u003eAbout Grace\u003c\/i\u003e, and the memoir \u003ci\u003eFour Seasons in Rome\u003c\/i\u003e. He has won five O. Henry Prizes, the Rome Prize, the New York Public Library's Young Lions Award, the National Magazine Award for fiction, a Guggenheim Fellowship, and the Story Prize. Born and raised in Cleveland, Ohio, Doerr lives in Boise, Idaho, with his wife and two sons. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Scribner Book Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50590149345554,"sku":"9781439190050","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_002c5d9c-e541-45d3-af38-24b6e89a2e78.jpg?v=1732077548","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-shell-collector-stories-9781439190050","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}