Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr

A NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALISTA NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERA GUARDIAN BEST FICTION PICK OF 2021ONE OF BARACK OBAMA’s FAVOURITE BOOKS OF 2021‘Serious novels are rarely this fun’ The Times‘A gift’ Guardian‘Buoyant with humanity’ Daily Mail‘Worth the seven year wait’ Stylist When everything is lost, it’s our stories that surviveHow do we weather the end of things? Cloud Cuckoo Land brings together an unforgettable cast of dreamers and outsiders from past, present and future to offer a vision of survival against all odds.Constantinople, 1453: An orphaned seamstress and a cursed boy with a love for animals risk everything on opposite sides of a city wall to protect the people they love.Idaho, 2020:An impoverished, idealistic kid seeks revenge on a world that’s crumbling around him.