The Shell Collector

Hardcover, 219 pages

English language

Published Dec. 25, 2001 by Scribner.

ISBN:: 978-0-7432-1274-8

(3 reviews)

“The Shell Collector” (2002), a short story by American author Anthony Doerr, tells the story of a blind shell expert living in exile with his dog in Kenya who becomes something of a celebrity after he uses deadly cone venom to cure a local eight-year-old girl of Malaria.

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4 stars

I originally bought this because I had read "The Caretaker" in another collection. All of the stories are worth your time, but I'd still say that "Caretaker" is my favorite.

garmili

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April 12, 2018

moirahegarty

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Nov. 21, 2022

Subjects

General & Literary Fiction
Short stories
American First Novelists
Fiction - General
Fiction
Literary
Short Stories (single author)
Fiction / Short Stories (single author)