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The Shell Collector

by Anthony Doerr

2003•Penguin Books•EN
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The Shell Collector by Anthony Doerr

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“He had only to reach out and pull a piece of the world toward him.”

The blind shell collector finds beauty through touch. He lives a quiet life until a killer cone shell changes everything.

Dorothea hunts for a miracle in the mud of Kenya. Her grief feels heavy and desperate in the heat.

“The ocean does not have a heart.”

Nature doesn't care if we are good or bad. A beautiful snail can kill you just as easily as it heals you.

Hunting for whales in the freezing dark seems lonely. But the connection between the hunters and the sea is incredibly deep.

Details
Published
2003
Publisher
Penguin Books
ISBN
9780142002964
Language
EN

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