Shell Collector

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Anthony Doerr: Shell Collector (2003, Tandem Library)

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English language

Published Feb. 4, 2003 by Tandem Library.

ISBN:
978-1-4177-0464-4
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OCLC Number:
176879359

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“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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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.

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Subjects

  • Short Stories (single author)
  • Fiction - General