Anthony Doerr
Author of All the Light We Cannot See
About the Author
Anthony Doerr was born on October 27, 1973 in Cleveland, Ohio. He is the author of The Shell Collector, About Grace, Four Seasons in Rome, Memory Wall, and All the Light We Cannot See. His fiction has won four O. Henry Prizes and has been anthologized in several anthologies. He has won the Barnes show more and Noble Discover Prize, the Rome Prize, the New York Public Library's Young Lions Award, the National Magazine Award for Fiction, three Pushcart Prizes, two Pacific Northwest Book Award, three Ohioana Book Awards, the 2010 Story Prize, which is considered the most prestigious prize in the U.S. for a collection of short stories, and the Sunday Times EFG Short Story Award, which is the largest prize in the world for a single short story. His novel, All the Light We Cannot See, won the Adult Fiction Award for the Indies Choice Book Awards in 2015, the International Book of the Year at the ABIA Awards and the Pulitzer Prizes for Fiction in 2015. Anthony Doerr also won the 2015 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction for this same title. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
Works by Anthony Doerr
Four Seasons in Rome: On Twins, Insomnia, and the Biggest Funeral in the History of the World (2007) 728 copies
The Hunter's Wife (short story) 10 copies
Afterworld [short story] 1 copy
The Deep 1 copy
Associated Works
Fight of the Century: Writers Reflect on 100 Years of Landmark ACLU Cases (2020) — Contributor — 187 copies
The Artists' and Writers' Cookbook: A Collection of Stories with Recipes (2016) — Contributor — 18 copies
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Common Knowledge
- Canonical name
- Doerr, Anthony
- Birthdate
- 1973-10-27
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- Cleveland, Ohio, USA
- Places of residence
- Boise, Idaho, USA
Novelty, Ohio, USA
New Zealand
Rome, Italy - Education
- Bowdoin College
Bowling Green State University
University School - Occupations
- novelist
short-story writer - Awards and honors
- Rome Prize
Guggenheim Fellowship (2010) - Short biography
- Anthony Doerr has won numerous prizes for his fiction, including the 2015 Pulitzer Prize. His most recent novel, All the Light We Cannot See, was named a best book of 2014 by a number of publications, and was a #1 New York Times Bestseller. Visit him at www.anthonydoerr.com.
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All the Light We Cannot See: A Novel by Anthony Doerr
An excellent story, full of emotion and thoughtful character development. I did find the short, frequent chapters to be choppy at times. Some people might like that style--it makes it easier to read in ten-minute spurts. But I prefer to sit for awhile and get lost in a book, and the very short chapters made that more difficult.
My apologies to Mr. Doerr, but I just cannot finish this book. I loved All The Light We Cannot See but I am throwing in the towel on this one. Just when I start to get a little invested in one character's story, then whoosh, it's onto another character and different time period. For the most part I am not a huge fan of the more traditional, dual-timeline anyway, so the construction of this story was really over-the-top for me. I thought about pushing myself through it, just for the satisfaction of finishing the book but it just isn't worth it to me. For now, I am going to refrain from giving this book a rating.… (more)
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- Rating
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