Cloud Cuckoo Land by Doerr Anthony

Cloud Cuckoo Land by Doerr AnthonyThere is magic in this place You just have to sit and breathe and wait and it will find you. Fifteenth century Constantinople. Present day Idaho. The future, and humanitys last hope. Across time and space, five young dreamers are bound by a single ancient text. Together, they tell a story of a world in peril; of the power of words, of resilience, and of hope against all odds. The Pulitzer Prize winning author of All the Light We Cannot See returns

sex work is the constant backdrop of the story as it moves between Sydney

But she has forgotten

who is a fish] who have shaped me

David Mitchell and Umberto Eco

'Did I read this in 24 hours

Ping thinks she is safe hiding in the shadow of the Tai Shan mountains

all five spring into action

the book includes magnificent paintings

Stuart Coupe takes us from Kelly's family life as the sixth of nine children in Adelaide to his life today

Anders and his twin sister

many have made their home in Australia

Amid digital pickpockets