Multiple timelines and perspectives create a rich, immersive narrative across centuries
Focus on the power of stories and storytelling drives the emotional core of the novel
Features five unforgettable characters from diverse backgrounds facing personal and global challenges
Award-winning author Anthony Doerr delivers a heart-wrenching yet hopeful tale
Publication as a national book award finalist and New York Times bestseller
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THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER AND NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST‘A dazzling epic of love, war and the joy of books’ Guardian‘There is magic in this place … You just have to sit and breathe and wait and it will find you’Fifteenth-century Constantinople. Present day Idaho. The future, and humanity’s last hope.Across time and space, five young d
