That many of the great current authors are tanned from the short narrative, is nothing new. In fact, that kind of great storytellers already enjoy that high capacity in their stories and stories. But luckily, misfortune, custom or love, the novel appears on the horizon as the composition beyond the creative genius, the narrative solidity on the imprint.
And in the end every self-respecting writer has to face his approach to extended format prose to earn the final label of "writer." So it happened with James Joyce, John cheever or up to the present Samantha Schweblin, contemporary of the author Anthony Doer that we bring up today in this space.
The case of Doerr part of the same analogy in the office of writing until the success of the largest work (in size) materialized, after previous forays, in nothing less than the Pulitzer Prize 2015. With the particularity that, in addition, Doerr did not mince words when it came to taking the great leap. its novel «The light that you cannot see»Is a historical fiction in which he printed the best of that undoubted creativity with a taste for the historical, which ended with one of those works with overtones of a classic.
But before there was more and then more also came. And everything that already comes with the Doerr label is always highly regarded by readers around the world.
Top 3 Recommended Books by Anthony Doerr
Cloud city
In any narrative we can find flashbacks of the most fantastic and others of the most transcendental. Balancing both aspects is a titanic task because it involves using fantasy without taking ourselves out of context and loading with existentialism without being excessive. This novel achieves that perfect literary alchemy ...
The young heroes of this novel try to understand the world around them: Anna and Omeir find themselves on opposite sides of the magnificent walls of Constantinople during the siege of the city in 1453; the idealistic Seymour is immersed in a library bombing in present-day Idaho; and Konstance travels aboard a spaceship heading to a new planet. They are all dreamers who find strength and hope in adversity ... and they are all united by a book written in ancient Greece that tells of an exceptional journey.
Proving once again his mastery, Doerr has created a wonderful tapestry of times and places that is a tribute to the extraordinary ability of humans to pass on stories from generation to generation. A novel for everyone who loves reading, libraries and bookstores.
The light that you can't see
Going into a historical setting such as World War II runs the risk of going through just another story. This is what happens with a multitude of historical novels that, despite describing interesting intra-stories, end up being more of the same. And yet, that not-so-distant memory always deserves new literary rescues.
The spark jumps from time to time in cases like "The Boy in the Striped Pajamas" from John boyne or, years later, thanks to this other much more extensive but just as intense novelón.
Because childhood always brings that nostalgia, that discovery of the injustice of disinherited paradises for those who suffer most from wars, children. Even more so in cases like those of Marie Laure, the little blind girl who leaves Paris in full occupation, and another boy Werner, whose orphanage forces him to flee the disaster in Germany.
The melancholic city of Saint Malo composes a shared destiny between two children who, in adversity, will once again shine with their virtues, torn to shreds of humanity in the midst of the hecatomb.
The precious detail of the author, brought from that fondness for the story, tells us about the senses that embroider the moments lived. Turning reality into a magical subjectivity. Making of each chapter a lyrical composition, a tragicomedy of survival and admiration.
About Grace
A novel rescued for internationalization thanks to the resounding success of "The light that you cannot see." On many occasions we speak today of the need to face reality, of the perniciousness of procrastination.
But what decision would we make if fatality appears as the only solution? David Winkler lives as best he can with a gift that, like Cassandra, confronts him with the future before it reaches him.
In a way he is fortunate, even comfortable knowing what is going to happen. Until the disaster splashes in his heart with that certainty already known to him, and irrevocable of what comes next.
David cannot face his near future in the same way that he could not overcome it when dealing with his past. The death of his daughter appears as an image to come too soon.
And injustice leads him to a frantic flight to nowhere. Time doesn't cure certain things, but it always pushes forward. David reinvents himself until, undoubtedly, he has to face the destiny that he was forced to abandon.
Other interesting books by Anthony Doerr
One year in Rome
This book probably would not have interested so many people had it not been for its success. A biography acquires significance regardless of its actual weight. It all depends on who has lived it.
In the case of Doerr the question is to enjoy his prose, already achieved literary glory. And that the biographical scrap of this year in Rome came as a result of the year of residence that the American Academy provided him as a young outstanding author.
But well, the point is that the brilliance of those days in the immortal city, together with his recently grown family, facilitated the birth of this narrative halfway between the travel book that, given its length, also becomes that bibliography rich in memories, full of details about the glorious locations of the city, sprinkled with Rome's own ancient culture and events as particular as the coincidental death of John Paul II. An interesting book about Rome from the eyes of one of today's great storytellers.
