Author
Anthony Doerr
Anthony Doerr writes historical fiction and war. We've read and reviewed 2 of Anthony Doerr's books, including All the Light We Cannot See and Four Seasons in Rome: On Twins, Insomnia, and the Biggest Funeral in the History of the World, each scored and written up in full, with a clear verdict on who it's for.
All the Light We Cannot See
by Anthony Doerr
Anthony Doerr's All the Light We Cannot See traces a blind French girl and a gifted German boy through the Second World War until their paths finally cross in occupied Saint-Malo. It's a novel about radio waves and the unseen connections between strangers, written in some of the most luminous sentences in recent historical fiction.
Four Seasons in Rome: On Twins, Insomnia, and the Biggest Funeral in the History of the World
by Anthony Doerr
Anthony Doerr spends a Rome Prize year chasing Pliny, Keats, and a dying pope through the city's back alleys while his newborn twins scream through the night, and the result is a memoir about attention as much as about Italy.