THE SHELL COLLECTOR by Anthony Doerr ( 9780007146987 ) - Books & Audio Books at Pickabook.co.uk

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Title:

THE SHELL COLLECTOR

By:

Anthony Doerr

Format:

Paperback

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ISBN 10:

0007146981

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9780007146987

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Publisher:

HARPERCOLLINS PUBLISHERS

Pub. date:

1 August, 2003

Pages:

224

Description:

The showstopping debut from the author of the #1 Sunday Times bestseller ALL THE LIGHT WE CANNOT SEE

Synopsis:

The showstopping debut from the author of the #1 Sunday Times bestseller ALL THE LIGHT WE CANNOT SEEA blind man spends his days roaming the beaches of Kenya collecting shells, classifying them by feeling their whorls, spines and folds in his fingers. A young woman discovers that she can explore the inner world of an animal's mind by touching its freshly dead body. A refugee from Liberia, who cannot escape the horrors that he has witnessed, finds salvation in the clandesitne act of burying the hearts of beached whales.In The Shell Collector Antony Doerr illuminates both the riotous dangers of the natural world and the rocky terrain of the human heart.

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Fourth Estate Ltd

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