We follow Anna, an embroideress from Constantinople, and Omeir, an Ottoman who is forced to drive his two oxen from his village to help with the siege effort. Next, we move to 13th century Constantinople, which is under siege by the Ottomans. This novel begins in a public library in 2020 where five kids and an 86-year-old man named Zeno are rehearsing a play of Cloud Cuckoo Land on the upper floor when a man named Seymour enters the bottom floor with a backpack filled with explosives. They all revolve around a lost novel (of Doerr’s creation) by Antonius Diogenes called Cloud Cuckoo Land. In the Author’s Note at the end of Cloud Cuckoo Land, Doerr says it’s “intended as a paean to books,… built upon the foundations of many other books.” That’s the best way I can describe the story, which shows four stories combining into one. I’ve been trying to think of the best way to describe this novel and what Doerr is trying to accomplish in it. I know that if I waited to write about it, I wouldn’t.
I’m planning a short roundup of this year’s books, which I hope I’ll publish shortly.įorgive the rough review – it’s been what? six or seven years since I’ve written a proper one? I should also mention that I’ve only just finished reading the novel. I’m going to change that in 2022 because I miss reading terribly. It’s only #26 for the year, according to Goodreads, which, with the exception of last year, is pretty low for me.
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