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  1. Sep 28, 2021 · In the 1950's, Zeno Ninis, the boy in Lakeport, lost his father in WWII and goes himself to fight in the Korean War. He is captured, survives, ends up translating the Diogenes manuscript and ...

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  2. Sep 27, 2021 · Genre: historical fiction/science fiction/contemporary fiction mashup. I’m curious about this new release by the author of All the Light We Cannot See. ***UPDATE: 4.5 Stars. A beautifully written, challenging, and complex read. My review of Cloud Cuckoo Land here.

  3. Sep 28, 2021 · Cloud Cuckoo Land is an ancient story written by Antonius Diogenes around the first century C.E. (Only in the novel. While the author is real, the book was made up.) It tells of a shepherd, Aethon, seeking a magical, heavenly place in the sky, the “Cloud Cuckoo Landof the title.

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  4. Nov 19, 2021 · Cloud Cuckoo Land is a book about a book, told through sets of characters in time periods in the past, present and future. An ancient Greek tale -- Aethon, an old shepherd in search of a "utopian city in the clouds" -- is what binds them all together.

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    Whew, this is a hard synopsis to write out! There are several different timelines that take place both in present day and at various times in history in all kinds of locations. It’s hard at first to see how it will all connect. But of course, when it does, that’s the beauty of these kinds of stories. The main timelines include Constantinople in the...

    As you can see, this is a massive book in reference to scale and time frame. As I mentioned above, I struggled at first with all these storylines. It wasn’t that I found it confusing because I feel the author did a good job of laying the groundwork and make sure the settings were vivid and complex. And I knew that the thread which tied these storie...

    I keep these spoiler-free so I don’t want to get too much into the plot. But know that this is a special story with so much to discuss. I’ll be thinking about this one for a long time. For book clubs, check out my discussion questions here.

  5. Sep 24, 2021 · “Cloud Cuckoo Land,” Doerr’s first novel since “All the Light We Cannot See,” unites five characters over a millennium in a tribute to books and those who love them.

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  7. Jan 27, 2022 · Book review of Anthony Doerr's Cloud Cuckoo Land (2021), a novel that is one part historical fiction, one part sci-fi, one part contemporary literary fiction set in Doerr's home state of Idaho.