Q: What was the genesis of About Grace?. A: When I was a kid, I had a copy of Wilson Bentley’s book, Snow www.doorway.ru fifty years Bentley, a Vermont farmer, caught snowflakes on a smooth black tray, transferred them to a glass slide, brushed them flat with a feather, centered them over a low-powered bulb, and took photomicrographs of them. Inspired by the turn-of-the-century snowflake images taken by Wilson A. Bentley, Anthony’s debut novel is about a hydrologist named David Winkler who occasionally dreams events that later come true. When he has a dream that foretells the death of his own daughter, Grace, he flees thousands of miles from family and home in the desperate hope of contravening fate. · About Grace is the first novel from Boise, Idaho based author, Anthony Doerr. He previously published a collection of short stories, The Shell Collector, which were both moving and gorgeous. One of the qualities of the stories contained in The Shell Collector, i.e., each story's deep connection to the natural world in which it takes place, actually becomes one of the chief weaknesses /5.
About Grace by Anthony Doerr. Beautifully written and compelling, About Grace is the brilliant debut novel from Anthony Doerr. Growing up in Alaska, young David Winkler is crippled by his dreams. At nine, he dreams a man is decapitated by a passing truck on the path outside his family's home. The next day, unable to prevent it, he witnesses an. After Anthony Doerr's stunning short story debut with "The Shell Collector" (Scribner), the gifted young author has made a beautifully seamless transition to novelist with his exquisite new book, "About Grace" (Scribner). Mr. Doerr again intriguingly integrates the natural world and the human spirit with his signature beautifully poetic prose. Find many great new used options and get the best deals for About Grace by Anthony Doerr (, Hardcover) at the best online prices at eBay! Free shipping for many products!
Q: What was the genesis of About Grace?. A: When I was a kid, I had a copy of Wilson Bentley’s book, Snow www.doorway.ru fifty years Bentley, a Vermont farmer, caught snowflakes on a smooth black tray, transferred them to a glass slide, brushed them flat with a feather, centered them over a low-powered bulb, and took photomicrographs of them. Anthony Doerr is the author of All the Light We Cannot See, winner of the Pulitzer Prize, the Carnegie Medal, the Alex Award, and a #1 New York Times bestseller. He is also the author of the story collections Memory Wall and The Shell Collector, the novel About Grace, and the memoir Four Seasons in Rome. He has won five O. Henry Prizes, the Rome Prize, the New York Public Library’s Young Lions Award, the National Magazine Award for fiction, a Guggenheim Fellowship, and the Story Prize. Inspired by the turn-of-the-century snowflake images taken by Wilson A. Bentley, Anthony’s debut novel is about a hydrologist named David Winkler who occasionally dreams events that later come true. When he has a dream that foretells the death of his own daughter, Grace, he flees thousands of miles from family and home in the desperate hope of contravening fate.
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