Somewhere in the future, Konstance is lost in Outer Space; in 1453 an orphaned girl and a disfigured boy strive to escape the siege of Contantinople; in 2020 Idaho, a young misfit plots revenge on an uncaring world - all share a link with an ancient Greek text describing a lowly shepherd's search for the perfect state. You need to concentrate as the narrative shifts from one perspective to another but just relax and let Doerr's gift of story-telling and descriptive prose keep those pages turning.
(Jenny Baker - bwl 103 Winter 2022 ) |
